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Signs that democracy is in trouble?

Brian Leiter

I wonder what informed readers know about this research.  Comments, links, additional information welcome.

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  1. Scott

    I think there is some skepticism as to whether there is a current trend of decline in the number of democracies: https://dartthrowingchimp.wordpress.com/tag/freedom-house/, https://dartthrowingchimp.wordpress.com/2015/01/29/no-democracy-has-not-been-discarded/ . However, this does not meet the deeper point of whether support has eroded within liberal democracies for preserving them against authoritarianism.

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