The Affective Politics of Democratic Erosion: Explaining Mass Support for Executive Aggrandizement
Journal: Syracuse University Libraries (Syracuse University)
Year: 2020

During the last two decades, executive aggrandizement has emerged as one of the chief threats to democratic regimes. In various countries, ranging from Turkey and Hungary to Venezuela, elected incumbents used their democratic mandates to gradually dismantle democratic institutions. Similar patterns of executive aggrandizement have been visible even in an advanced democracy, the United States of America. Executive aggrandizement is facilitated by the consistent electoral support that incumbents w