In: Politics

Democratic Recession

The liberal world order finds itself increasingly under attack. Nationalism, populism, authoritarianism and tribal politics, long thought to be relics of the past, are experiencing a massive comeback. These summaries will help you make sense of this worrying trend.

Summaries

9 Book

The Digital Republic
On Freedom and Democracy in the 21st Century
Jamie Susskind
Pegasus Books, 2022
8 Book

Spin Dictators
The Changing Face of Tyranny in the 21st Century
Sergei Guriev and Daniel Treisman
Princeton UP, 2022
9 Article

Why Democracy Stalled in the Middle East
Economic Despair and the Triumph of the China Model
Amaney A. Jamal and Michael Robbins
Foreign Affairs, 2022
Book

How Civil Wars Start
And How to Stop Them
Barbara F. Walter
Crown, 2022
9 Video

The Great Delusion with Professor John Mearsheimer
John J. Mearsheimer
The Bush School of Government & Public Service, 2018
Book

A World after Liberalism
Philosophers of the Radical Right
Matthew Rose
Yale UP, 2021
8 Report

The Global State of Democracy 2021
Building Resilience in a Pandemic Era
International Institute for Democracy and Electoral Assistance
IDEA, 2021
9 Article

How Press Freedom Is Being Eroded in Hong Kong
Jennifer Jett
The New York Times, 2021
7 Report

The Macroeconomic Impact of Social Unrest
Metodij Hadzi-Vaskov et al.
IMF, 2021
7 Article

The Age of Zombie Democracies
Why Autocrats Are Abandoning Even the Pretense of Democratic Rituals
Kenneth Roth
Foreign Affairs, 2021
8 Article

Global Migration Drives Global Democracy
How Workers Abroad Weaken Dictators Back Home
Abel Escribà-Folch et al.
Foreign Affairs, 2021
9 Article

A helicopter crash in Alaska reverberates through Europe’s media
Jon Allsop
Columbia Journalism Review, 2021