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Book SynopsisIn the twenty-first century, democracies across the globe are in crisis. The strength of basic democratic institutions and core enduring political principles and values are eroding in key regions and countries. Authoritarian regimes are rising and populist leaders are emerging. Democracy in Crisis across the World weaves threads of history and politics in two parts to analyze how long this trend may last and what the future may bring. By first examining the state of democracy in Sub-Saharan Africa, Eastern Europe, Western Europe, Latin America, and the Middle East and North Africa, the second part of the collection highlights to democratic trajectory of India, China, Russia, and the United States. Ending with a look at how the world’s governments have responded to the coronavirus pandemic, contributors argue that unless democracy is defended with resolution and nurtured with resilience, it will fall.
Table of ContentsIntroduction
Saliba Sarsar and Rekha Datta
Chapter One: Variation in Measures of Democracy
Stephen J. Chapman
Part I: World Regional Perspectives
Chapter Two: Democracy in Sub-Saharan Africa: Changing Phases
Julius O. Adekunle
Chapter Three: Democracy in Transition: Political Trends in Eastern Europe
Kevin L. Dooley
Chapter Four: Democracy at Risk: Political Trends in the Recent History of Western Europe
Kenneth L. Campbell
Chapter Five: Democracy in Latin America: Uneven Institutional Performance
Kenneth Mitchell and Samuel Maynard
Chapter Six: Democracy in the Middle East and North Africa: Still Little to No Progress
Saliba Sarsar
Part II: Country Case Studies
Chapter Seven: A ‘Modi’-fied India: Parties, Promises, and Portends of Democracy Amidst an Uncertain Glory
Rekha Datta and Samuel Maynard
Chapter Eight: Digital Authoritarianism in the People’s Republic of China
Peter W. Liu and Justin M. Liu
Chapter Nine: The Erosion of Democracy in Post-Soviet Russia
Thomas S. Pearson
Chapter Ten: The Challenges of American Democracy
Joseph Patten
Chapter Eleven: Comparisons of Measures of Democracy
Stephen J. Chapman
Epilogue
Saliba Sarsar
