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Does democratic backsliding undermine climate policy? No evidence (yet) [PDF]

iScience
Summary: Countries with liberal democratic institutions tend to have stricter climate policies and have made more progress in reducing emissions than autocracies.
Thomas Bernauer, Tobias Böhmelt
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Democratic Backsliding or Stabilization?

Politikon, 2020
There is a great deal of disagreement about the nature and extent of the alleged democratic backsliding. In order to understand the connection between the conflicting assessments of the democratization process and democracy indices (Freedom House ...
Hakan Sönmez
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How citizens’ experience of democracy can actually pave the way to democratic backsliding [PDF]

Communications Psychology
Why do many citizens of Western Europe appear complacent about their societies’ democratic backsliding? This behavior can be at least partly explained by the effect of personal experience on risk perception: a stable democratic past lulls humans into a ...
Ralph Hertwig, Stephan Lewandowsky
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Tolerance for democratic norm violations increases when sincerity replaces accuracy as a marker of honesty [PDF]

Communications Psychology
People’s subjective conceptions of truth and honesty have undergone significant changes in recent decades. Parts of society increasingly favour the sincere expression of personal belief, however inaccurate, as a marker of honesty over verifiable facts ...
Kiia Jasmin Alexandra Huttunen, Stephan Lewandowsky   +1 more
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Liberalconstitutional Backsliding of Democracy and the Threat of the Pandemic

Politeja, 2023
In this article we argue that what is called today a ‘democratic backsliding’ or de-consolidation should be analysed, at least in some cases, as a liberal-constitutional backsliding for which the pandemic of Covid-19 adds a new impetus and creates the ...
Dorota Pietrzyk-Reeves, Arkadiusz Górnisiewicz, Bogdan Szlachta   +2 more
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The democratic backsliding paradigm in enlarged European Union countries: In-depth analysis of V-Dem indicators

Frontiers in Political Science, 2023
The phenomena of democratic backsliding in enlarged European Union countries of central, eastern, and southeastern Europe tend to be lumped together.
Ryo Nakai
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Democratic Backsliding and Organized Interests in Central and Eastern Europe: An Introduction

Politics and Governance, 2023
This editorial introduces readers to the thematic issue on organized interests in the context of democratic backsliding in Central and Eastern Europe.
Rafael Pablo Labanino, Michael Dobbins
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Partisan Complicity in Democratic Backsliding

Global justice: Theory, Practice, Rhetoric, 2020
Recent developments in Hungary and Poland have made democratic backsliding a major issue of concern within the European Union (EU). This article focuses on the secondary agents that facilitate democratic backsliding in Hungary and Poland: the European ...
Fabio Wolkenstein
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Democratic Institutions Without Democratic Content?-New Regionalism and Democratic Backsliding in Regional Reforms in Sweden

Frontiers in Political Science, 2021
The aim of this article is to examine trends of democratic backsliding associated with the long standing reform work on regional institutions and policies in Sweden.
Jörgen Johansson, Jörgen Johansson, Malin Rönnblom, Malin Rönnblom, Andreas Öjehag-Pettersson, Andreas Öjehag-Pettersson   +5 more
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Democratic Backsliding in Poland on Example Drafts Amendments in Electoral Code During the COVID-19 Pandemic

Polish Political Science Yearbook, 2021
The COVID-19 pandemic occurred in Poland during the campaign before the presidential election scheduled for May 10. This non-military threat changed the election campaign’s dynamics, leading to an unprecedented failure to hold elections and postponing ...
Maciej Skrzypek
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