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The 61 pages that link to Democratic backsliding, each with the reason it gives.

• The Open Society and Its EnemiesRelated: It illustrates how an open society can lose protections without a single decisive overthrow.

• European valuesCompared with: It shows how governments can erode proclaimed values while retaining formal elections.

• Left-wing populismRelated: Critics warn that leaders claiming exclusive popular representation may undermine institutional checks.

• Operation Uphold DemocracyNarrower topic: Haiti’s later instability complicates claims that the intervention secured lasting democracy.

• Post–Cold War eraRelated: Its spread raises doubts about assumptions that post-Cold War democratization would endure.

• Arab WinterRelated: Even countries that initially liberalized later experienced erosion of democratic institutions.

• Benevolent dictatorshipRelated: A benevolent mandate can provide cover for steadily dismantling democratic checks.

• Neo-fascismRelated: Neo-fascist influence can normalize attacks on pluralism and democratic checks.

• Neo-nationalismRelated: Concentrating power in the name of national unity can weaken institutional checks.

• Perpetual warRelated: A permanent emergency can erode oversight and normalize restrictions on political opposition.

• UltraconservatismRelated: Some ultraconservative projects weaken pluralist institutions when they treat them as obstacles to tradition.