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Part I - Institutional Dimensions of Democratic Backsliding and Resilience

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 May 2025

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Kenneth M. Roberts
Valerie J. Bunce
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Cornell University, New York
Thomas B. Pepinsky
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Rachel Beatty Riedl
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Global Challenges to Democracy
Comparative Perspectives on Backsliding, Autocracy, and Resilience
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