Backsliding is the new black
This country was the first Soviet satellite state to see an independent labor movement, beginning in the 1980s.
What is Poland?
This leader of the world's largest democracy came under fire in 2019 for an anti-democratic citizenship law discriminating against Muslims.
Who is Narendra Modi?
This man was nominated to the Supreme Court by President Obama during an election year; Senate Republicans refused to hold hearings for his confirmation.
Who is Merrick Garland?
This is another term for democratic backsliding.
What is democratic erosion? (What is creeping authoritarianism?)
These two EU Member States currently are under fire for an erosion of democratic standards, including protections for minority populations.
What are Hungary and Poland?
It is one of three countries to score 100 out of 100 on Freedom House's latest global ranking.
What is Norway/Sweden/Finland?
This organization was created in 2017 to monitor the potential for democratic backsliding in the United States specifically.
What is Bright Line Watch?
What is libel/terrorism/tax evasion charges?
In 2020 this country became the first in Freedom House history to descend by two regime categories within a one-year span.
What is Hungary?
It is considered one of the most successful post-communist "democratizers."
What is Latvia/what is Estonia?
A 2017-8 study found that this increasingly colors U.S. citizens' perceptions of which actions constitute democratic backsliding.
What is partisanship?
Support from these people is crucial to the emergence and survival of autocratic rule.
Who are elites?
What is Namibia?/What is Botswana?
This person served as the president of Russia from 2008-2012, when some observers saw a glimmer of hope for democracy in that country.
Who is Dmitri Medvedev?
It's a word to describe moving from one extreme to another, with no prospect for steadying; an alternative to unidirectional or "one-way" democratizing or backsliding.
What is "careening"?
Following the ____ of the law to change the ____ of the law makes it easier for governments to engage in democratic backsliding.
What is the letter of the law and the spirit of the law?
This democratic backslider is the number-one jailer of journalists in the world---ahead of Iran and China.
What is Turkey?
Hugo Chavez in Venezuela uses this to take aim at the opposition, arguing that institutional reforms will diminish the power of elites.
What is populism?
Focusing on formal institutions can obscure that democracy often rests on how actors behave in so-called _____ areas, lacking written rules about how to handle disputes.
What is grey?
Democratic _____ is sometimes a tradeoff for democratic ______.
What are exclusion and stability?