Backsliding: Democratic Regress in the Contemporary World

Backsliding shows how elected rulers can weaken checks on executive power, curtail political rights, and undermine electoral systems. Based on sixteen detailed case studies, Backsliding demonstrates the pernicious effects of polarization, complicit legislatures and the incremental nature of derogations from democratic rule.

• | By (Author): Stephan Haggard, Robert Kaufman (Author)
• | Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• | Publication Date: Feb 11, 2021
• | Country of Publication: United Kingdom
• | Number of Pages: 75 pages
• | Language: NULL
• | Binding: Paperback / softback
• | ISBN-10: 1108958400
• | ISBN-13: 9781108958400