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Democratic Purgatory : Failure of Consolidated Democracies in Latin America and East-Central Europe.
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| 著者・編者 | Brown, Christopher M. / Lubecki, Jacek, |
|---|---|
| 出版社 | (Central European U. Pr., HU) |
| 出版年月 | 2026.09 |
| ページ数 | 162 pp. |
| 言語 | ENG |
| ニュース番号 | ＜777-1178 777-936＞ |
解説
Why do democracies that appear consolidated unravel, not through coups, but through democratic means? Democratic Purgatory explores this paradox, introducing a powerful new concept to explain why liberal democracies in Latin America and East-Central Europe have faltered. Drawing on comparative case studies from Venezuela, Colombia, Nicaragua, Poland, Hungary, and Romania, the book argues that democratic purgatory is a regime type in which formal institutions endure while legitimacy erodes, representation fails, and elite-driven governance calcifies.
Rather than structural inevitability, these breakdowns stem from contingent choices: negotiated transitions, successor party dominance, and technocratic insulation created fertile ground for popularism, a top-down appropriation of populist rhetoric to dismantle liberal norms. From Orban's Hungary to Chavez's Venezuela, the analysis reveals how democratic procedures can hollow out democracy itself.
In an era of global democratic backsliding, this book offers a timely framework for understanding the fragility of liberal democracy and the decisive role of political agency in preventing breakdown or enabling renewal.
Rather than structural inevitability, these breakdowns stem from contingent choices: negotiated transitions, successor party dominance, and technocratic insulation created fertile ground for popularism, a top-down appropriation of populist rhetoric to dismantle liberal norms. From Orban's Hungary to Chavez's Venezuela, the analysis reveals how democratic procedures can hollow out democracy itself.
In an era of global democratic backsliding, this book offers a timely framework for understanding the fragility of liberal democracy and the decisive role of political agency in preventing breakdown or enabling renewal.