Reversing regimes and concepts: from democratization to autocratization
| Autor: | Andrea Cassani, Luca Tomini |
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| Rok vydání: | 2018 |
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05 social sciences
050301 education Comparative politics Variance (accounting) Autocracy 0506 political science Politics Regime change Political science Phenomenon Political Science and International Relations 050602 political science & public administration Democratization Political philosophy Positive economics 0503 education |
| Zdroj: | European Political Science. 19:272-287 |
| ISSN: | 1682-0983 1680-4333 |
| DOI: | 10.1057/s41304-018-0168-5 |
| Popis: | The debate on regime change has experienced a U-turn. Attention has shifted from the regime transitions occurred during the so-called third wave of democratization to the signals of an incipient reverse trend. However, the actual import and urgency of the problem remain unclear, due to a growing confusion concerning what a process opposite to democratization is, how many distinct forms it can take, and consequently what the empirical referents of the phenomenon are. Building on the notion of “autocratization”, or regime change towards autocracy, the paper elaborates a framework for the comparative analysis of regime changes opposite to democratization. Specifically, we identify political participation, public contestation and executive limitation as the main dimensions of regime variance, define autocratization accordingly, illustrate and systematize the different regime transitions that fall under this label, and clarify what autocratization is not. The proposed conceptual and analytical framework could support future research on comparative autocratization. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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