Democratization
Democratization (and the inverse, autocratization or democratic backsliding) are comparative fields of study of (positively) how democracy is established and (normatively) how its establishment can be encouraged.
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Autocracy, Gordon Tullock, 1987
International Human Rights Law and Practice in Latin America, Ellen Lutz and Kathryn Sikkink, 2000
The Toddler In Chief, Daniel W. Drezner, 2020
Dodging the autocratic bullet: enlisting behavioural science to arrest democratic backsliding; Christoph M. Abels, Kiia Jasmin Alexandra Huttunen, Ralph Hertwig, and Stephan Lewandowsky; 2024
There Are No Adults in the Room, Daniel W. Drezner, 2025
Defending the Status Quo or Seeking Change? Electoral Outcomes, Affective Polarization, and Support for Referendums, Bjarn Eck and Emilien Paulis, 2025
Democratic Trajectories in the Third Wave: Aligning Theory and Methods, Aníbal Pérez-Liñán and Scott Mainwaring, 2025
Visibility of autocratization and election outcomes Erin Hern, 2025