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Book SynopsisThe
Handbook on Democracy and Security offers an insightful new interpretation of the topic that reframes the contemporary challenge of democracy away from competing ideologies or external existential threats, and centres on the security of democracy in the minds and lived experience of its citizens.
With a global focus, it provides a cutting edge understanding of contemporary developments in democratic breakdown, investigating the role of new media, social media and the Internet. Expert contributors explore how democracy is affected by the resurgence of populism, terrorism and migration alongside the decline of independent mass media and associated conspiracy theories. The Handbook further argues that the security of government by the people is best understood through the security of people and examines the analysis of democratic security.
Providing a diverse range of perspectives on how democratic breakdown occurs, this Handbook will be an excellent read for political scientists interested in human security and the effect of social media on democracy. Policymakers interested in policy prescriptions and stabilizing democratic backsliding will also find this an illuminating and informative resource.
Trade Review‘This Handbook on Democracy and Security
provides a fascinating analysis of the predominant causes of democratic erosion facing the world today. The book's contributors define and bound new threats – such as the double-edged sword of “militant democracy” – as well as reexamine long-standing threats – such as the triumphs and pitfalls of democracy assistance. Part IV of the book, in particular, offers keen insights regarding how online media both bolster and undermine democracy. This Handbook should be required reading for any democratization student, scholar or practitioner.’ -- Brigitte Seim, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, US
‘In light of the current “third wave” of autocratization worldwide, understanding the factors that sustain democracy is more critical than ever. This volume makes a valuable contribution to that understanding by exploring this at a micro level, focusing on the human factors and security of individual citizens that undergird democratic institutions. It is an extremely timely and very important work.’ -- Staffan I. Lindberg, University of Gothenburg, Sweden
Table of ContentsContents: Introduction to the Handbook on Democracy and Security xi Nicholas A. Seltzer and Steven Lloyd Wilson PART I POLITICS NOT AS USUAL 1 Democratic Whack-a-Mole: the implications of militant democracy 2 Mika Hackner 2 Does globalization hurt liberal democracy? An application of saliency theory to the globalization–democracy nexus 16 Nataliia Kasianenko 3 The regional adoption of elite rejection and populism 31 Keely Eshenbaugh 4 The impacts of water scarcity on the security of democracies 45 Elizabeth A. Koebele and Karen Simpson PART II COMPARATIVE POLITICS 5 International threat and democratic breakdown in new democracies 65 Michael Masterson 6 Democracy assistance by international organizations 84 Inken von Borzyskowski and Mert Kartal 7 Democracy promotion and democracy assistance: approaches from the north and alternatives from the south 112 Luiza Rodrigues Mateo 8 Authoritarian media abroad: the case of Russia and RT News 126 Megan MacDuffee Metzger PART III COMPLEXITY AND CHANGE IN THE ELECTORATE 9 The parliamentarian democracy and its digital enemies: how democracy is facing three challenges from digitalisation 142 Volker Boehme-Neßler 10 Hyper-polarization and the security of democracy 165 Jennifer McCoy 11 Attitudes towards immigrants and refugees in Europe 188 Constanza Sanhueza Petrarca and Sandra Horvath 12 Why do populists flip-flop on soldiers? The drug war’s civil–military commitment problem 211 Ned Littlefield, Omar O. Dumdum and Oliver Lang PART IV EVOLVING MEDIA AND INFORMATION-SCAPES 13 Broken-windows journalism: a rationale for democratic repair and media reform 231 Michael McDevitt 14 The rise of cable news 251 Dimitri Kelly 15 Internet policy in South Korea: liberal imperialism and paradox 270 Julia Eggleston and Steven Lloyd Wilson 16 Conspiracy thinking 289 April A. Johnson PART V UNCONVENTIONAL PERSPECTIVES 17 Democracy and health 310 Robert L. Ostergard, Jr. 18 Leadership, democracy, and security in sub-Saharan Africa: insights from the Republic of Uganda 329 Jeffrey A. Griffin 19 Terrorism and threats to democracy 344 Susanne Martin Index 360
