Varieties of contemporary democratic breakdown and regression: A comparative analysis

2017/09/15 by Luca Tomini, Claudius Wagemann · 2 citations
Social Sciences · #Qualitative Comparative Analysis Research #Political Conflict and Governance

paper · doi:10.1111/1475-6765.12244

Abstract

Abstract The goal of this article is to understand which combinations of explanatory conditions account for the qualitative differences within forms of democratic breakdown (i.e., transition from democracy to a hybrid or authoritarian regime) and democratic regression (i.e., transition within democracy through a loss of democratic quality). The analysis focuses particularly on the specific features of those processes of change ending up with a transition from democratic rule, compared to those producing a simple loss of democratic quality within the democratic regime. Applying two‐step fuzzy‐set Qualitative Comparative Analysis (fsQCA), the study aims to integrate different types of explanatory factors, offering a fresh and comprehensive perspective on this phenomenon.

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