Signaling Illiberalism: Democratic Backsliding. A Case Study of Germany and Hungary.
Journal: CU Scholar (University of Colorado Boulder)
Year: 2019

In the past decade, the decline, or backsliding, of democracy has reemerged as a concern in international affairs with many leaders overstepping constitutional restraints to accumulate power in their hands. While democratic backsliding occurs in various ways and in regions all over the world, Europe has struggled to control its spread as populist parties become closer and closer to taking power with each election cycle. In this paper, I examine the cases of Germany and Hungary, which share simil