CONSTITUTIONAL DEMOCRACY IN CRISIS? I

The early twenty-first century appears of be a period of turmoil in many seemingly stable constitutional democracies. This panel and two others discuss such questions as these: Are there general forces weakening constitutional democracy around the world, or are there nation-specific reasons for crises that simply happen to be occurring at roughly the same time?...

Panel 61, TUESDAY JUNE 26 2018 11:00 AM - 12:30 PM

“Defining and Tracking the Trajectory of Liberal Constitutional Democracy“

We provide some definitional and empirical scaffolding for thinking about whether the Egyptian and Turkish cases are outliers or exemplars of the current state of democracy. This means first considering how “democracy“ should be defined and analyzed. We argue that in thinking about democratic decline, it is most useful to focus on ‘liberal constitutional democracy’‘...

Panel 61, TUESDAY JUNE 26 2018 11:00 AM - 12:30 PM