Resilience of Democracy
Resilience of Democracy Illiberalism and authoritarianism have become major threats to democracy across the world. Much less scholarly attention has been devoted to the issue of democratic…
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Resilience of Democracy
Illiberalism and authoritarianism have become major threats to democracy across the world. Much less scholarly attention has been devoted to the issue of democratic resilience. In response to this development, research on the causes and processes of democratic declines has blossomed.
What role do institutions, actors and structural factors play in this regard? Why are some democracies more resilient than others to the current trend of autocratization? What options do democratic actors have to address illiberal and authoritarian challenges?
This book addresses all these questions.The present introduction sets the stage by developing a new concept of democratic resilience as the ability of a democratic system, its institutions, political actors, and citizens to prevent or react to external and internal challenges, stresses, and assaults. The book posits three potential reactions