Understanding Democratic Breakdowns and Authoritarian Onsets, 1989 - 2018

• In Event: Transitions To and From Democracy

Brief Overview

Using these data, the paper asks: 1) Have democratic breakdowns become more frequent in the past decade? 2) Are these breakdowns ushering in sustained authoritarianism?On both questions, initial evidence does not support prognoses of a rising wave of authoritarianism.

Author

• Jason Brownlee, The University of Texas at Austin