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Politics & Government

Theories of Democratic Backsliding and Autocratization

Quick fact

Since the 1990s, most democratic breakdowns have been 'backsliding events'—gradual erosions of democratic institutions by elected executives—rather than military coups.

Why this is interesting

Democracies rarely die in a coup anymore. They are often hollowed out from within, in plain sight, by leaders who were elected to protect them.