Expert report (Reports)
Varieties of Democracy (V-DEM) Annual Report 2019 - "Democracy Facing Global Challenges”
Danescu, Elena
2019
 

Files


Full Text
V-Dem_Democracy_Report_2019.pdf
Publisher postprint (6.54 MB)
V-Dem_Democracy Report_2019
Download

All documents in ORBilu are protected by a user license.

Send to



Details



Keywords :
Democracy; Political Systems; Pro-democratic movements; Europe; Asia; United States; Luxembourg; Socio-Economic Inequality
Abstract :
[en] Democracy in decline in more countries than ever before. The 2019 Democracy Report is titled “Democracy Facing Global Challenges”. Democratic declines now affect more countries than ever before. Still, most democracies remain resilient despite challenges such as the financial crises and the rampant spread of fake news on social media. Yet, we show that government manipulation of the media, weakening of civil society, the rule of law and even elections is increasing. There are also some positive stories to report from 2018. Central Asia recorded its first ever peaceful handover of power from one democratically elected leader to another in Kyrgyzstan. In Malaysia, an autocrat surprisingly lost in the elections despite electoral manipulation – showing that even in autocratic settings, elections can be a force for change. Pro-democratic movements have also mobilized masses of people across the globe in 2018 and 2019, for instance in Algeria, Armenia, Slovakia, and Sudan.
Research center :
V-Dem Institute, the Department of Political Science at University of Gothenburg
- Luxembourg Centre for Contemporary and Digital History (C2DH) > Contemporary European History (EHI)
Disciplines :
Arts & humanities: Multidisciplinary, general & others
International economics
Political science, public administration & international relations
History
Other collaborator :
Danescu, Elena  ;  University of Luxembourg > Luxembourg Center for Contemporary and Digital History (C2DH)
Language :
English
Title :
Varieties of Democracy (V-DEM) Annual Report 2019 - "Democracy Facing Global Challenges”
Publication date :
05 May 2019
Publisher :
V-Dem Institute, the Department of Political Science at the University of Gothenburg, Gothenburg, Sweden
Report number :
Varieties of Democracy (V-DEM), Report "Democracy Facing Global Challenges” (2019)
Edition :
2019
Number of pages :
76
Name of the research project :
V-Dem Project
Funders :
The University of Gothenburg
Commentary :
Main findings: The trend of autocratization continues, and almost one-third of the world’s population lives in countries undergoing autocratization – a substantial decline of democracy. 24 countries are now severely affected by what is established as a “third wave of autocratization”. These countries include Brazil, India, the United States, as well as several Eastern European countries. A majority of countries in the world remains democratic. The first ever model forecasting autocratization identifies the top-10 most at-risk countries: Philippines, Fiji, Mali, Hungary, Guatemala, Kosovo, Kyrgyzstan, Moldova, Bosnia and Herzegovina and Tanzania. This is an invitation for action by the policy and practitioner communities.
Available on ORBilu :
since 07 June 2020

Statistics


Number of views
442 (3 by Unilu)
Number of downloads
276 (0 by Unilu)

Bibliography


Similar publications



Contact ORBilu