How Much Democratic Backsliding?

Democracy is facing challenges across the world, yet suggestions of a global crisis are not warranted. Based on data from the largest democracy database ever compiled, the Varieties of Democracy Project (V-Dem), we find that the number of democracies worldwide declined slightly from 100 in 2011 to 9...

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Published in:Journal of democracy 2017-10, Vol.28 (4), p.162-169
Main Authors: Mechkova, Valeriya, Lührmann, Anna, Lindberg, Staffan I
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Accountability
Authoritarianism
Autocracy
Democracy
Democratization
Dictators
Estimates
Experts
Freedom of speech
Political Science (Excluding Peace and Conflict Studies)
Rule of law
Statsvetenskap (Exklusive freds- och konfliktforskning)
Trends
Volatility
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