Democracy under pressure: Historical lessons for current challenges?

Svend Erik Skaaning

doi:10.1017/ipo.2022.24

Democracy under pressure: Historical lessons for current challenges?

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Abstract

A review of three books shows that the crisis of democracy literature is exceptionally diverse. It ranges from overconfident postulations and proposals without systematic arguments and comparative analysis on the one hand to novel theorizing and balanced accounts, including cautious use of historical evidence, on the other hand. Accordingly, there is much variation in how much the different contributions succeed in drawing lessons from historical developments to better understand and reduce contemporary challenges.

Original language	English
Journal	Rivista Italiana di Scienza Politica
Volume	53
Issue	2
Pages (from-to)	239-246
ISSN	0048-8402
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1017/ipo.2022.24
Publication status	Published - Jul 2023

Keywords

authoritarianism
conflict
democracy
polarization
populism

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