International policymakers and those who provide assistance for the development and stabilization of democracies worldwide have often been slow to recognize and respond to democratic backsliding. Drawing from the case studies in this volume, I identify a set of policy-relevant lessons about processes of democratic backsliding, patterns of prodemocratic resistance, and the role of international actors.
EnyediZsoltMikolaBálint. 2024. Legislative capture in Hungary: Well-managed autocratization. The ANNALS of the American Academy of Political and Social Science712:34–46.
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GamboaLaura. 2024. Plebiscitary override in Venezuela: Erosion of democracy and deepening authoritarianism. The ANNALS of the American Academy of Political and Social Science712:124–136.
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KoterDominika. 2024. Elite collusion and dismantling democracy in Benin. The ANNALS of the American Academy of Political and Social Science712:211–222.
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MarandiciIon. 2024. Legislative capture and oligarchic collusion: Two pathways of democratic backsliding and recovery in Moldova. The ANNALS of the American Academy of Political and Social Science712:93–108.
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McConnellShelley A.2024. Elite collusion and creeping authoritarianism in Nicaragua: Lessons on democratic backsliding from an outlier case. The ANNALS of the American Academy of Political and Social Science712:196–210.
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Meléndez-SánchezManuelPerellóLucas. 2024. Backsliding by elite collusion: Authoritarianism and democratic resurgence in Guatemala. The ANNALS of the American Academy of Political and Social Science712:235–247.
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MietznerMarcus. 2024. Elite collusion in Indonesia: How it has both enabled and limited executive aggrandizement. The ANNALS of the American Academy of Political and Social Science712:223–234.
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MilačićFilip. 2024. Democratic backsliding through legislative capture in Serbia: A one-man show. The ANNALS of the American Academy of Political and Social Science712:47–60.
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MoncagattaPaoloPazmiñoMateo. 2024. A tale of a failed recovery: Ecuador’s democratic stagnation. The ANNALS of the American Academy of Political and Social Science712:137–151.
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RiedlRachel BeattyMcCoyJenniferRobertsKennethSomerMurat. 2024. Pathways of democratic backsliding, resistance, and (partial) recoveries. The ANNALS of the American Academy of Political and Social Science712:8–31.
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SomerMurat. 2024. A long battle: Turkey’s backsliding and resistance through trench warfare. The ANNALS of the American Academy of Political and Social Science712:77–92.
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SpektorMatias. 2024. The coalition against democratic backsliding in Bolsonaro’s Brazil. The ANNALS of the American Academy of Political and Social Science712:169–181.
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VaishnavMilan. 2024. Legislative capture in India: Is democracy back from the brink?The ANNALS of the American Academy of Political and Social Science712:61–76.
