Beyond Federal versus Unitary: The Nuances of Decentralization and Democratic Backsliding

• In Event: Frontiers in the Study of Democratic Backsliding

Brief Overview

We move beyond the federal–unitary divide to theorize how varying degrees of political, fiscal, and administrative decentralization shape democratic resilience and influence the dynamics of backsliding.

Authors

• David Ibanez, Rutgers University, New Brunswick

• Ricardo Andres Bello-Gomez, Rutgers University - Newark