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How Autocrats Rise : Sequences of Democratic Backsliding
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- Creator
- Ali Riaz and Sohel Rana
- Format
- Books
- Language
- English
- Contributors
- Publication
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- First edition
- Singapore : Palgrave Macmillan, [2024]
- ©2024
- Series
- Physical Details
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- 1 online resource (197 pages)
- ISBNs
- 9789819975808, 9819975808, 9789819975792
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Intro -- Acknowledgments -- Contents -- About the Authors -- List of Figures -- List of Tables -- 1 Introduction: "Despots Masquerading as Democrats" -- References -- 2 What Is Democracy? -- References -- 3 Understanding Democratic Backsliding -- Measurement of Backsliding -- Background and Drivers -- Theories and Approaches -- References -- 4 The Sequence of Backsliding and the Rise of the Autocrats -- References -- 5 Bangladesh: The Making of an Electoral Autocracy -- Background: Two Rounds of the Rise and Fall of Democracy -- Democratic Backsliding: Processes and Sequences -- Context -- Agent -- Institutional Strategy -- Changing the Rules of the Game -- Capturing the Referees of the State -- Silencing the Political Opponents -- Ideological Strategy -- Audience -- Conclusion -- References -- 6 Bolivia: A Miracle Turning into a Competitive Autocracy -- The Rise and Fall of Bolivian Democracy -- Democratic Backsliding in Bolivia: Process and Sequences -- Context -- Agent -- Institutional Strategy -- Changing the Rules of the Game -- Capturing the Referees of the State -- Silencing the Political Opponents -- Ideological Strategy -- Audience -- Conclusion -- References -- 7 Hungary: The Perfect Autocracy? -- The Rise and Fall of Hungarian Democracy -- Democratic Backsliding: Process and Sequences -- Context -- Agent -- Institutional Strategy -- Changing the Rules of the Game -- Capturing the Referees of the State -- Silencing the Political Opponents -- Ideological Strategy -- Audience -- Conclusion -- References -- 8 Turkey: Becoming a Closed Autocracy? -- The Rise and Fall of Turkish Democracy -- Democratic Backsliding: Process and Sequences -- Context -- Agent -- Institutional Strategy -- Changing the Rules of the Game -- Capturing the Referees of the State -- Silencing the Political Opponents -- Ideological Strategy -- Audience -- Conclusion
- References -- 9 Conclusion: The Lessons Learned and the Way Forward -- References -- Index