Democratic Backsliding in Europe

Democracies across Europe are under pressure - primarily due to the gradual erosion of democratic norms, institutions, and procedures. This volume analyses the political causes, mechanisms, and consequences of democratic backsliding in 15 European countries, from Western Europe to the Western Balkans. In addition to country case studies, the volume provides comparative analyses that identify recurring patterns of democratic erosion. The contributions address institutional weakening, the rise of populist narratives, incomplete democratisation processes, and the strengthening of executive powers. Importantly, the diagnosis is only the first step: this volume also outlines concrete countermeasures at the national, European, and civil society levels.With contributions byElisabeth Alber | Melani Barlai | Ádám Bence Balázs | Angelos Chryssogelos | Peter Filzmaier | Christina E. Griessler | Florian Hartleb | Martin R. Herbers | Teele Holmberg | Daniela Ingruber | Christoph Konrath | Anna Krasteva | Petra Malfertheiner | Daniela-Maria Mari | Matjaz Nahtigal | Katrin Praprotnik | Pavel Pseja | Senada Selo Sabic | Yannis Tsirbas | Ana Vucemilovic-Grgic | Emilia Zankina | Edit Zgut-Przybylska

Summary

Democracies across Europe are under pressure – primarily due to the gradual erosion of democratic norms, institutions, and procedures. This volume analyses the political causes, mechanisms, and consequences of democratic backsliding in 15 European countries, from Western Europe to the Western Balkans. In addition to country case studies, the volume provides comparative analyses that identify recurring patterns of democratic erosion. The contributions address institutional weakening, the rise of populist narratives, incomplete democratisation processes, and the strengthening of executive powers. Importantly, the diagnosis is only the first step: this volume also outlines concrete countermeasures at the national, European, and civil society levels.

With contributions by
Elisabeth Alber | Melani Barlai | Ádám Bence Balázs | Angelos Chryssogelos | Peter Filzmaier | Christina E. Griessler | Florian Hartleb | Martin R. Herbers | Teele Holmberg | Daniela Ingruber | Christoph Konrath | Anna Krasteva | Petra Malfertheiner | Daniela-Maria Mariș | Matjaž Nahtigal | Katrin Praprotnik | Pavel Pšeja | Senada Šelo Šabić | Yannis Tsirbas | Ana Vučemilović-Grgić | Emilia Zankina | Edit Zgut-Przybylska

Product details

• Assisted by: Melani Barlai (Editor), Ellen Bos (Editor), Christina Eva Griessler (Editor), Peter Filzmaier (Editor), Christina Griessler (Editor), Christina E. Griessler (Editor), Christina Eva Griessler (Editor), Christina Hainzl (Editor), Martin R. Herbers (Editor), Martin Rolf Herbers (Editor), Martin R Herbers et al (Editor), Marti Rolf Herbers et al (Editor)
• Publisher: Nomos
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 27.10.2025
• EAN: 9783756008599
• ISBN: 978-3-7560-0859-9
• No. of pages: 390
• Dimensions: 152 mm x 20 mm x 230 mm
• Weight: 584 g
• Series: Andrássy Studien zur Europaforschung
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Comparative and international political science; Propaganda, austria, Civil Society, Denmark, France, Spain, Populism, EU, Europäische Union, Germany, NG-Rabatt, Nationalism, Sweden, Italy, freedom of expression, European Union, Netherlands, auseinandersetzen, Central and Eastern Europe, political participation, Post-Soviet, Western Balkan, freedom of participation, media system, dysfunction, democracies, de-facto-autocracies