Democratic Backsliding as a Spillover Effect of Civil War

• In Event: Standing ePanel: Civil War

Brief Overview

My paper examines the effect of civil war on democracy in neighboring states. I use press freedom as a proxy for democracy and find that civil war has a strong effect on the loss of press freedom in neighboring states leading to further backsliding.

Authors

• Nathan D Timbs, University of Tennessee

• John T. Ishiyama, University of North Texas