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studies in democratic erosion and collapse, from ancient Athens to the present day
'When Democracy Breaks' deepens our understanding of what separates democratic resilience from democratic fragility by focusing on the latter. The volume's collaborators - experts in the history and politics of the societies covered in their chapters - explore eleven episodes of democratic breakdown, from ancient Athens to Weimar Germany to present-day Russia, Turkey, and Venezuela. Strikingly, in every case, various forms of democratic erosion long preceded the final democratic breakdown. While each case of democratic decay is unique, the patterns that emerge shed much light on the continuing struggle to sustain modern democracies and to assess and respond to the threats they face.
Cover -- When Democracy Breaks -- Copyright -- Contents -- List of Contributors -- 1. Introduction: When Democracy Breaks -- 2. Democratic Collapse and Recovery in Ancient Athens (413-403) -- 3. The U.S. Secession Crisis as a Breakdown of Democracy -- 4. The Breakdown in Democracy in 1930s Japan -- 5. Weimar Germany and the Fragility of Democracy -- 6. The Failures of Czech Democracy, 1918-1948 -- 7. September 11, 1973: Breakdown of Democracy in Chile -- 8. The Indian Emergency (1975-1977) in Historical Perspective -- 9. Democratic Breakdown in Argentina, 1976
10. Why Russia's Democracy Broke -- 11. A Different "Turkish Model": Exemplifying De-democratization in the AKP Era -- 12. Venezuela's Autocratization, 1999-2021: Variations in Temporalities, Party Systems, and Institutional Controls -- Index
edited by Archon Fung, David Moss, and Odd Arne Westad.
Includes bibliographical references and index.