1st Edition

The Rise and Decline of Modern Democracy

By Damien Kingsbury Copyright 2023
262 Pages
by Routledge

262 Pages
by Routledge

262 Pages
by Routledge

The Rise and Decline of Modern Democracy assesses the rise of, subsequent political challenges to, and decline of, contemporary liberal democratic processes, in particular since the ‘third wave’ of democratization from the 1990s. Democracy is in global decline. Fewer countries are democratic and fewer people, globally, live in substantive democracies. Autocracy is now the dominant political... Read more

Preface

1 Introduction

2 Drivers of Political Change

3 Ebb and Flow

4 Challengers

5 Compromise

6 Decline

7 The Radical Right

8 The Future is Not Written

9 Conclusion: With a Bang?

Bibliography

Index

Biography

Damien Kingsbury is Emeritus Professor in the Faculty of Arts and Education at Deakin University in Melbourne, Australia. He has written or edited more than two dozen books and several dozen journal articles and book chapters on political and security issues in developing countries.