Democratic transition
A democratic transition describes a phase in a countries
Typology
Autocratization
Democratic backsliding.
Proposed causes of democratic backsliding include
Democratisation
Democratization, or democratisation, is the structural government transition from an authoritarian government to a more democratic political regime, including substantive political changes moving in a democratic direction.[36][37]
Whether and to what extent democratization occurs can be influenced by various factors, including economic development, historical legacies, civil society, and international processes. Some accounts of democratization emphasize how elites drove democratization, whereas other accounts emphasize grassroots bottom-up processes.[38] How democratization occurs has also been used to explain other political phenomena, such as whether a country goes to a war or whether its economy grows.[39]
The opposite process is known as democratic backsliding or autocratization.Factors
Decolonization
Democratic globalization
Democracy promotion
Outcomes
Democratic consolidation
Stalled transition
Hybrid regime
Measurement
The democracies indices differ in whether they are categorical, such as classifying countries into democracies,
See also
- Energy transition
- Anti-authoritarianism
- Types of democracy
- Peaceful transition of power
- Radical politics
- Transition economy
- List of freedom indices
Notes
- ^ Other names include autocratization, democratic decline,[18] de-democratization,[19] democratic erosion,[20] democratic decay,[21] democratic recession,[22] democratic regression,[18] and democratic deconsolidation.[23]
- ^ a b c "Some scholars argue that deficient democracies and deficient autocracies can be seen as examples of hybrid regimes, whereas others argue that hybrid regimes combine characteristics of both democratic and autocratic regimes."[59] Scholars also debate if these regimes are in transition or are inherently a stable political system.[66][67][68][69][70][71][72][73]
References
- S2CID 240235199.
- ISBN 9780080430768.
- S2CID 199298876.
- JSTOR 25655609. Retrieved 2023-04-17.
- S2CID 232254486.
- ISBN 978-0-691-17233-0.
- S2CID 114918000.
- ISBN 978-1-928096-48-1. Retrieved 2023-04-23.
- ISSN 2414-6633.
- ISSN 1094-2939.
- S2CID 255015393.
- OCLC 1124515503.
- JSTOR 25548135. Retrieved 2023-04-23.
- ^ "Home - IDEA Global State of Democracy Report". International IDEA. Retrieved Nov 26, 2022.
- S2CID 251173436.
- ISBN 978-1-135-26840-4. Retrieved 2023-04-27.
- ^ Nazifa Alizada, Rowan Cole, Lisa Gastaldi, Sandra Grahn, Sebastian Hellmeier, Palina Kolvani, Jean Lachapelle, Anna Lührmann, Seraphine F. Maerz, Shreeya Pillai, and Staffan I. Lindberg. 2021. Autocratization Turns Viral. Democracy Report 2021. University of Gothenburg: V-Dem Institute. https://www.v-dem.net/media/filer_public/74/8c/748c68ad-f224-4cd7-87f9-8794add5c60f/dr_2021_updated.pdf Archived 14 September 2021 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ S2CID 225475139.
- ISBN 978-0-19-023487-4
- S2CID 234870008.
- S2CID 159354232.
- .
- S2CID 228959708.
- S2CID 221472047.
- (PDF) from the original on 6 February 2023. Retrieved 7 November 2022.
- S2CID 150992660.
The decline of democratic regime attributes – autocratization
- ISBN 978-3-030-03125-1.
- .
Backsliding entails deterioration of qualities associated with democratic governance, within any regime. In democratic regimes, it is a decline in the quality of democracy; in autocracies, it is a decline in democratic qualities of governance.
- ^ Lindberg, Staffan I. "The Nature of Democratic Backsliding in Europe". Carnegie Europe. Archived from the original on 13 April 2021. Retrieved 2021-01-27.
- ^ from the original on 21 January 2020.
- ^ "Pandemic Backsliding". www.v-dem.net. V-Dem. Archived from the original on 21 December 2020. Retrieved 23 January 2021.
- (PDF) from the original on 29 March 2021. Retrieved 26 April 2019.
- ISSN 1351-0347.
- S2CID 249031421.
- ^ The Global State of Democracy 2021 Archived 9 August 2022 at the Wayback Machine, International Institute for Democracy and Electoral Assistance
- S2CID 240235199.
- .
- JSTOR 3699697.
- S2CID 154168435.
- ^ Note however discussion of (for example) the Russian and Nazi empires below.
- ISBN 978-0028659657.
- ^ John Lynch, ed. Latin American Revolutions, 1808–1826: Old and New World Origins (1995).
- JSTOR 10.1163/j.ctt1w8h2zm.5.
- ISSN 1929-8692.
- ISBN 978-1-4422-1810-9. Retrieved 2023-04-23.
- ISBN 978-0-19-875798-6.
- ^ see Peter Burnell, From Evaluating Democracy Assistance to Appraising Democracy Promotion, Political Studies Association, Political Studies 2008 VOL 56
- ^ "Democracy Building and Conflict Management: Overview". International Institute for Democracy and Electoral Assistance (International IDEA). n.d. Archived from the original on 2006-02-09. Retrieved 2006-01-18.
- Hoover Digest. 2. Archived from the original on 2008-07-05. Also see this page.
- S2CID 51897214.
- ISSN 1086-3214.
- ISSN 0010-4159.
- ISSN 1086-3214.
- OCLC 476230396.
- S2CID 154644233 – via Project MUSE.)
{{cite journal}}
: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link - JSTOR 44510457. Retrieved 2023-04-23.
- ^ Plattner, Marc F. (1969-12-31). "Is Democracy in Decline?". kipdf.com. Archived from the original on 2023-04-06. Retrieved 2022-12-27.
- ^ a b "Hybrid Concepts and the Concept of Hybridity". European Consortium for Political Research. 2019-09-07. Archived from the original on 2023-04-06. Retrieved 2022-11-18.
- from the original on 2022-11-16. Retrieved 2022-11-16.
- ISBN 9781412969017.)
{{cite book}}
: CS1 maint: location (link - ^ Tlemcani, Rachid (2007-05-29). "Electoral Authoritarianism". Carnegie Endowment for International Peace. Archived from the original on 2023-04-06. Retrieved 2022-11-16.
- ^ "What is Hybrid Democracy?". Digital Society School. 2022-05-19. Archived from the original on 2023-04-05. Retrieved 2022-11-16.
- ^ from the original on 2022-11-16. Retrieved 2022-11-18.
- ^ "Index". Dem-Dec. 2017-09-23. Archived from the original on 2022-11-21. Retrieved 2022-11-21.
- S2CID 145077481.
- ISBN 978-1-0718-0709-5. Archivedfrom the original on 2023-04-23. Retrieved 2023-04-23.
- ISBN 9781316336182.
- S2CID 198088445.
- ISBN 978-0-19-882991-1.
- ISBN 978-0-19-957253-3.
- ^ Подлесный, Д. В. (2016). Политология: Учебное пособие [Political Science: Textbook] (in Russian). Kharkiv: ХГУ НУА. pp. 62–65/164. Archived from the original on 2023-04-22. Retrieved 2019-08-13.
- ^ Schulmann, Ekaterina (15 August 2014). "Царство политической имитации" [The kingdom of political imitation]. Ведомости. Archived from the original on 2019-07-30. Retrieved 2019-08-13.
- ISBN 978-1-317-70018-0. Archivedfrom the original on December 9, 2022. Retrieved Nov 27, 2022.
- S2CID 158234306.
- S2CID 6711009.
- ^ "Competitive Authoritarianism: Hybrid Regimes After the Cold War". Department of Political Science. Archived from the original on 2023-04-06. Retrieved 2022-11-16.
- ^ "Global Dashboard". BTI 2022. Retrieved Apr 17, 2023.
- ISBN 978-1-317-34529-9. Retrieved Apr 30, 2023.
- ISBN 978-1-135-93226-8. Retrieved 2023-04-03.
- ^ "Democracy data: how do researchers measure democracy?". Our World in Data. Jun 17, 2022. Retrieved Apr 17, 2023.
- ^ "The 'Varieties of Democracy' data: how do researchers measure democracy?". Our World in Data. 2022-11-30. Retrieved 2023-04-03.
- ^ "Breaking Down Democracy". Freedom House. Retrieved 2023-04-03.
- ^ Democracy and Autocracy, Why do Democracies Develop and Decline, Vol. 21(1) June 2023, Democracy and Autocracy Section, American Political Science Association
Further reading
- Coale, Ansley J. (1989). "Demographic Transition". Social Economics. London: Palgrave Macmillan UK. pp. 16–23. ISBN 978-0-333-49529-2.
- Croissant, A.; Haynes, J. (2015). Twenty Years of Studying Democratization: Vol 1: Democratic Transition and Consolidation. Taylor & Francis. ISBN 978-1-317-61900-0.
- Epstein, David L.; Bates, Robert; Goldstone, Jack; Kristensen, Ida; O'Halloran, Sharyn (2006). "Democratic Transitions". American Journal of Political Science. 50 (3). [Midwest Political Science Association, Wiley]: 551–569. JSTOR 3694234.
- Haggard, Stephan; Kaufman, Robert R. (2012). "Inequality and Regime Change: Democratic Transitions and the Stability of Democratic Rule". The American Political Science Review. 106 (3). [American Political Science Association, Cambridge University Press]: 495–516. S2CID 28273700.
- Glaser, E. (2018). Anti-Politics: On the Demonization of Ideology, Authority and the State. Watkins Media. ISBN 978-1-912248-12-4.
- Huntington, S.P. (2012). The Third Wave: Democratization in the Late 20th Century. The Julian J. Rothbaum Distinguished Lecture Series. University of Oklahoma Press. ISBN 978-0-8061-8604-7.
- Kirk, Dudley (1996). "Demographic Transition Theory". Population Studies. 50 (3). Informa UK Limited: 361–387. PMID 11618374.
- Stoner, K.; McFaul, M. (2013). Transitions to Democracy: A Comparative Perspective. Johns Hopkins University Press. ISBN 978-1-4214-0877-4.