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Pathways of Democratic Backsliding, Resistance, and (Partial) Recoveries
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Pathways of Democratic Backsliding, Resistance, and (Partial) Recoveries

Democratic backsliding happens under diverse circumstances, and because it evolves in different ways, pro-democratic coalitions and actors are presented with different challenges and means to resist or overcome democratic decay. 

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By Rachel Beatty Riedl, Jennifer McCoy, Kenneth Roberts, Murat Somer
Published on Mar 21, 2025
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Rachel Beatty Riedl
Jennifer McCoy
Nonresident Scholar, Democracy, Conflict, and Governance Program
Jennifer McCoy
Kenneth Roberts
Murat Somer

Murat Somer is a professor of political science at Koç University in Istanbul and an expert on political polarization, religious and secular politics, ethnic conflict, autocratization, and democratization in Turkey and around the world.

Murat Somer
DemocracyPolitical Reform

Carnegie India does not take institutional positions on public policy issues; the views represented herein are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the views of Carnegie, its staff, or its trustees.

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