dc.contributor.author
Gerschewski, Johannes
dc.date.accessioned
2021-02-01T12:13:27Z
dc.date.available
2021-02-01T12:13:27Z
dc.identifier.uri
https://refubium.fu-berlin.de/handle/fub188/28864
dc.identifier.uri
http://dx.doi.org/10.17169/refubium-28613
dc.description.abstract
Democratic regression has become a worrying phenomenon in the last years. Social science has provided a variety of explanations why democratic regimes have lost democratic regime quality. Against this backdrop, I take stock of the recent literature by putting forward two important analytical distinctions that we should make more explicit. First, I propose to classify our current explanations along the source where the cause for the malaise originated. By doing so, I introduce a distinction between erosion and decay type of arguments. While the former is a gradual process that is caused exogenously - like wind or water hitting a stone - the latter is caused endogenously - like the half-life in nuclear decay processes. Second, I draw a distinction between the endogenous or exogenous roots of the cause and the subsequent causal mechanism that connects the cause with the outcome. I outline the need for dissecting a causal mechanism into its constitutive components and highlight its underlying dimensions of temporality. Throughout the article, I use empirical case material as well as relevant secondary literature to illustrate these points.
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dc.format.extent
21 Seiten
dc.rights.uri
https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
dc.subject
Democratic regression
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dc.subject
institutional change
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dc.subject.ddc
300 Sozialwissenschaften::320 Politikwissenschaft::320 Politikwissenschaft
dc.title
Erosion or decay? Conceptualizing causes and mechanisms of democratic regression
dc.type
Wissenschaftlicher Artikel
dcterms.bibliographicCitation.doi
10.1080/13510347.2020.1826935
dcterms.bibliographicCitation.journaltitle
Democratization
dcterms.bibliographicCitation.number
1
dcterms.bibliographicCitation.pagestart
43
dcterms.bibliographicCitation.pageend
62
dcterms.bibliographicCitation.volume
21
dcterms.bibliographicCitation.url
https://doi.org/10.1080/13510347.2020.1826935
refubium.affiliation
Politik- und Sozialwissenschaften
refubium.affiliation.other
Cluster of Excellence “Contestations of the Liberal Script (SCRIPTS)”
refubium.resourceType.isindependentpub
no
dcterms.accessRights.openaire
open access
dcterms.isPartOf.issn
1351-0347
dcterms.isPartOf.eissn
1743-890X
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WoS-Alert