Despite broad consensus that autocratization has dominated regime change in recent years, little attention has been paid to this process stabilizes. This article documents a turning point after 201...

Abstract. To what extent are political regimes vulnerable to crises? Established research has explored in depth how crises can compromise regime stability,

A risky business: navigating autocratization through ideological legitimation claims

RED-SPINEL seeks to shed light on how European liberal democracy is being contested and what this means for its prospects in the 21st century.

In recent years, the European Union (EU) has faced mounting challenges in promoting and safeguarding democracy in its neighbourhood, as autocratisation trends, entangled with intensifying geopoliti...

This article, through an anthropological lens inspired by Anthony Leeds’ concept of locality, examines the interplay between urban governance and autocratization in Shanghai’s gated communities dur...

Many large cities after the success of opposition in local elections are becoming ‘democratic enclaves’ in the de-democratising countries. It is worth posing a question about the effectiveness of t...

How do cities fight democratic backsliding on the national level? Set in an increasingly illiberal context, the four Visegrád capitals (V4 capitals) Bratislava, Budapest, Prague and Warsaw have ele...

Local opposition forces often win local elections in key cities in autocratising countries. However, we still know too little about the interplay between local and national regime developments. The...

This article highlights the critical yet overlooked role of subnational entities, particularly cities, in autocratisation processes. While research often emphasizes national factors, cities can act...

This article, through an anthropological lens inspired by Anthony Leeds’ concept of locality, examines the interplay between urban governance and autocratization in Shanghai’s gated communities dur...

Many large cities after the success of opposition in local elections are becoming ‘democratic enclaves’ in the de-democratising countries. It is worth posing a question about the effectiveness of t...

How do cities fight democratic backsliding on the national level? Set in an increasingly illiberal context, the four Visegrád capitals (V4 capitals) Bratislava, Budapest, Prague and Warsaw have ele...

Local opposition forces often win local elections in key cities in autocratising countries. However, we still know too little about the interplay between local and national regime developments. The...

This article highlights the critical yet overlooked role of subnational entities, particularly cities, in autocratisation processes. While research often emphasizes national factors, cities can act...

This article highlights the critical yet overlooked role of subnational entities, particularly cities, in autocratisation processes. While research often emphasizes national factors, cities can act...

Last updated December 3, 10:09 AM South Korea Is Fighting for Democracy Again—And the World Needs to Know Heesoo Jang Assistant Professor of Media Law and Ethics Journalism Department, University of...

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