Hello IAPSS! Enjoy our first video abstract for an IAPSS Politikon publication!
“The pessimistic literature suggests that democracy as an idea and as a political system is under pressure all over the world. But the democracy optimists disagree with this assumption". Which of the two camps holds the best cards? Hakan Sönmez investigated how various democracy indices capture democratic backsliding (or democratic stabilization). His main argument is to approach democracy indices with caution since they are based on complex measurements entailing a range of conceptual and methodological choices. You can access this piece through https://doi.org/10.22151/politikon.46.3

Full Citation:
Sönmez, H. (2020). Democratic Backsliding or Stabilization? The Role of Democracy Indices in Differing Interpretations. Politikon: The IAPSS Journal of Political Science, 46, 54–78. https://doi.org/10.22151/politikon.46.3

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