Despite the general narrative that the world is in a period of democratic decline, there have
been surprisingly few empirical studies that assess whether this is systematically true. Most …

Scholars warn that partisan divisions in the mass public threaten the health of American
democracy. We conducted a megastudy (n= 32,059 participants) testing 25 treatments …

We review recent contributions to the modeling of democratic backsliding. We organize
these theories according to (a) the source of constraints on the executive (vertical or …

Despite the general narrative that we are in a period of global democratic decline, there
have been surprisingly few empirical studies to assess whether this is systematically true …

There is substantial concern about democratic backsliding in the United States. Evidence
includes notably high levels of animosity toward out-partisans and support for undemocratic …

Democratic regimes flourish only when there is broad acceptance of an extensive set of
norms and values. In the United States, fundamental democratic norms have recently come …

The puzzle entailed in erosion of democracy by backsliding is how a catastrophic situation
can be gradually brought about by steps against which people who would be adversely …

In contemporary democracies, backsliding typically occurs through legal machinations. Self‐
enforcing democracy requires that political parties refrain from exploiting legal opportunities …

Incumbents often seek to wield power in ways that are formally legal but informally
proscribed. Why do voters endorse these power grabs? Prior literature focuses on …

Global capitalism seems to be placing democracy, especially liberal democracy, under
considerable stress. Support for populism has surged, especially for extreme right parties …