Democracy in Crisis Around the World
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- 2020
Summary
In the twenty-first century, democracies across the globe are in crisis. The strength of basic democratic institutions and core enduring political principles and values are eroding in key regions and countries. Authoritarian regimes are rising and populist leaders are emerging. Democracy in Crisis across the World weaves threads of history and politics in two parts to analyze how long this trend may last and what the future may bring. By first examining the state of democracy in Sub-Saharan Africa, Eastern Europe, Western Europe, Latin America, and the Middle East and North Africa, the second part of the collection highlights to democratic trajectory of India, China, Russia, and the United States. Ending with a look at how the world’s governments have responded to the coronavirus pandemic, contributors argue that unless democracy is defended with resolution and nurtured with resilience, it will fall.
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Bibliographic data
- Copyright year
- 2020
- ISBN-Print
- 978-1-7936-0166-7
- ISBN-Online
- 978-1-7936-0167-4
- Publisher
- Lexington, Lanham
- Language
- English
- Pages
- 272
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Table of contents
- Contents No access
- Acknowledgments No access
- Introduction No access Pages 1 - 12
- Chapter 1 Variation in Measures of Democracy No access Pages 13 - 28
- Chapter 2 Democracy in Africa No access
- Chapter 3 Political Trends in Central and East Europe No access
- Chapter 4 Democracy in Western Europe No access
- Chapter 5 Democracy in Latin America No access
- Chapter 6 Democracy in the Middle East and North Africa No access
- Chapter 7 A ‘Modi’-fied India No access
- Chapter 8 Digital Authoritarianism in the People’s Republic of China No access
- Chapter 9 The Erosion of Democracy in Post-Soviet Russia No access
- Chapter 10 The Challenges of American Democracy No access
- Chapter 11 Comparisons of Measures of Democracy No access
- Epilogue No access Pages 253 - 258
- Index No access Pages 259 - 268
- About the Contributors No access Pages 269 - 272





