These blogs reflect the views of the student authors, and not those of the Democratic Erosion Consortium.
Populism as Democratic Medicine: Reiwa Shinsengumi and Japan’s Political Apathy
Revisiting Japan’s Democratic Stagnation Populism is often portrayed as a toxin to democracy—an anti-pluralist, anti-institutional movement that undermines liberal norms....
How to Erode a Democracy: Hungary’s Illiberal Turn Under Orbán
Prime Minister Viktor Orbán turned Hungary from a hopeful post-communist democracy into the first “illiberal democracy” since taking office in 2010. Originally rated “Free,...