How Autocrats Rise : Sequences of Democratic Backsliding / / Ali Riaz and Sohel Rana

• Autore: Riaz Ali <1958->
• Pubblicazione: Singapore : , : Palgrave Macmillan, , [2024]; ©2024
• Edizione: First edition.
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (197 pages)
• Disciplina: 320.53
• Soggetto topico: Democracy; Dictatorship
• Persona (resp. second.): RanaSohel
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: 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.
• Titolo autorizzato: How Autocrats Rise
• ISBN: 981-9975-80-8
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910800112703321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Global political transitions.