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Democracies in Peril?: Waves of Backsliding
This insightful text rigorously examines and accounts for contemporary developments - and crucially a reversal of 'democraticness' - in democratic polities and related political processes comparing 38 democracies across the world. The focus is on contemporary developments and recent volatile levels of democraticness.
| Author(s) | By Hans Keman (Vrije University, Amsterdam, the Netherlands). |
|---|---|
| Publisher | Taylor & Francis Ltd |
| Format | Paperback / softback |
| Pages | 288 |
| Published in | United Kingdom |
| Published | 19 Dec 2023 |
| Availability | Not yet available |
This insightful text rigorously examines and accounts for contemporary developments - and crucially a reversal of 'democraticness' - in democratic polities and related political processes comparing 38 democracies across the world. The focus is on contemporary developments and recent volatile levels of democraticness.
1. Prologue: Democracy in the 21st Century Part 1: Studying Democracy: Detecting Flaws, Defects and Perils 2. Reversing Trends in 'Democraticness' 3. Comparative Political Science and the Study of Democracy 4. Thinking about Democracy: The Origins of the
Hans Keman is Professor Emeritus of Comparative Political Science at the Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam (VU Amsterdam), Netherlands.
