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Democratic Decline

Democratic Decline is a political science construct that denotes the gradual erosion of democratic norms, institutions, and practices within a polity, distinguishing it from abrupt forms of regime change by emphasizing incremental degradation rather than sudden collapse.

933

Publications

81.1K

Citations

1.1K

Authors

431

Institutions

Publications per year

2017–2026

242

Parents

Publications

933

The Rise and Decline of Nations.

Wilfred Beckerman, Mancur Olson · The Economic Journal · 1983 · 2.8K citations

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On Democratic Backsliding

Nancy Bermeo · Journal of democracy · 2016 · 2.1K citations

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Modernization: Theories and Facts

Adam Przeworski, Fernando Limongi · World Politics · 1997 · 2K citations

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Why There is a Democratic Deficit in the EU: A Response to Majone and Moravcsik

Andreas Føllesdal, Simon Hix · JCMS Journal of Common Market Studies · 2006 · 1.7K citations

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A third wave of autocratization is here: what is new about it?

Anna Lührmann, Staffan I. Lindberg · Democratization · 2019 · 1.4K citations · Full text

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Authors

1.1K

  1. SI
    Staffan I. Lindberg

    University of Gothenburg, Sweden

    20 publications · 3.1K citations

    18

    h-index

  2. LD
    Larry Diamond

    Stanford University, United States

    13 publications · 2.5K citations

    12

    h-index

  3. AL
    Anna Lührmann

    University of Gothenburg, Sweden

    10 publications · 2.5K citations

    10

    h-index

  4. ML
    Martin Lundstedt

    University of Gothenburg, Sweden

    6 publications · 524 citations

    6

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  5. CW
    Christian Welzel

    Leuphana University of Lüneburg, Germany

    6 publications · 376 citations

    6

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Institutions

431

  1. University of Gothenburg

    Gothenburg, Sweden

    23 h-index

    97 publications

    10.6K citations

  2. London School of Economics and Political Science

    London, United Kingdom

    12 h-index

    13 publications

    2.3K citations

  3. Australian National University

    Canberra, Australia

    11 h-index

    12 publications

    2K citations

  4. Harvard University Press

    Cambridge, United States

    11 h-index

    13 publications

    2.1K citations

  5. University of Oxford

    Oxford, United Kingdom

    11 h-index

    12 publications

    1.3K citations

  6. University of California, Berkeley

    Berkeley, United States

    9 h-index

    11 publications

    676 citations

  7. New York University

    New York, United States

    9 h-index

    9 publications

    3.3K citations

  8. Harvard University

    Cambridge, United States

    8 h-index

    8 publications

    597 citations

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Venues

  1. Journal of democracy

    69 publications · 7.6K citations

    40

    h-index

  2. Choice Reviews Online

    CRO · 58 publications · 6.5K citations

    37

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  3. Democratization

    38 publications · 4.8K citations

    29

    h-index

  4. SSRN Electronic Journal

    Repository · 43 publications · 2.1K citations

    23

    h-index

  5. Political Science Quarterly

    PSQ · 24 publications · 3.8K citations

    19

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