We then show that the same classification scheme can be productively applied to the (many) recent empirical articles on democratic backsliding recently published in political science (5/n)
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What did we learn? Among other things: polarization (both mass and elite) increases the risk of electoral manipulation but can actually lower the risk of executive aggrandizement (6/n)
The effect of citizens’ normative attachments to democratic values is also nuanced; for instance, fire alarms are less effective when citizens’ responses to severe violations are expected to be strong (7/n)
While this review is by no means exhaustive, our hope is to facilitate a closer integration between theory and empirics on a topic of fundamental importance (Fin—for now)
We are indebted to several people who encouraged, helped, commented, suggested, and inspired us. Including polisky-ers @chitbazoo.bsky.social @hannafolsz.bsky.social @annemeng.bsky.social
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