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State of the world 2020: autocratization turns viral
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Abstract This article analyses the state of democracy in 2020. The world is still more democratic than it was in the 1970s and 1980s, but a trend of autocratization is ongoing and affecting 25 countries in 2020, home to 34% of the world’s population. At the same time, the number of democratizing countries ha... mehr
This article analyses the state of democracy in 2020. The world is still more democratic than it was in the 1970s and 1980s, but a trend of autocratization is ongoing and affecting 25 countries in 2020, home to 34% of the world’s population. At the same time, the number of democratizing countries has dwindled by nearly half, reducing to 16 countries, home to a mere 4% of the global population. Freedom of expression, deliberation, rule of law and elections show the most substantial net declines in the last decade. A major change is that India, formerly the world’s largest democracy, turned into an electoral autocracy. The V-Dem data suggests that direct effects of the Covid-19 pandemic on levels of liberal democracy were limited in 2020. Still, the longer-term consequences may be worse and must be monitored closely. Due to the pandemic and state restrictions on the freedom of assembly, mass mobilization declined to its lowest level in over a decade, yet the decline in pro-democracy protests in 2020 may well prove to be short-lived once the pandemic subdues.... weniger
Thesaurusschlagwörter
Demokratie; 21. Jahrhundert; politischer Wandel; autoritäres System; Demokratisierung; Meinungsfreiheit; Repression; politische Entwicklung; Indien
Klassifikation
politische Willensbildung, politische Soziologie, politische Kultur
Freie Schlagwörter
Covid-19; India; autocratization
Sprache Dokument
Englisch
Publikationsjahr
2021
Seitenangabe
S. 1053-1074
Zeitschriftentitel
Democratization, 28 (2021) 6
ISSN
1743-890X
Status
Veröffentlichungsversion; begutachtet (peer reviewed)