BEGIN:VCALENDAR
VERSION:2.0
METHOD:PUBLISH
PRODID:-//Telerik Inc.//Sitefinity CMS 15.1//EN
BEGIN:VTIMEZONE
TZID:Eastern Standard Time
BEGIN:STANDARD
DTSTART:20251102T020000
RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYDAY=1SU;BYHOUR=2;BYMINUTE=0;BYMONTH=11
TZNAME:Eastern Standard Time
TZOFFSETFROM:-0400
TZOFFSETTO:-0500
END:STANDARD
BEGIN:DAYLIGHT
DTSTART:20250301T020000
RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYDAY=2SU;BYHOUR=2;BYMINUTE=0;BYMONTH=3
TZNAME:Eastern Daylight Time
TZOFFSETFROM:-0500
TZOFFSETTO:-0400
END:DAYLIGHT
END:VTIMEZONE
BEGIN:VEVENT
DESCRIPTION:Moynihan Institute’s program for the Study of Global Politics w
elcomes Amanda B. Edgell from the University of Alabama. \;Over the pa
st decade\, declines in global indices of democracy have raised concerns t
hat the world may be experiencing a wave of autocratization. Prominent cas
es of severe democratic backsliding— such as Hungary\, India\, Turkey and
Venezuela—have also prompted scholars\, donors and practitioners to focus
more on identifying factors that can help promote democratic resilience. M
eanwhile\, some scholars question whether declines in democracy truly refl
ect a global recession or are manifested by measurement practices based on
subjective expert assessments.This talk will discuss the current controve
rsies surrounding the measurement and operationalization of democratic bac
ksliding\, with specific reference to the Varieties of Democracy (V-Dem) P
roject. The talk will also present findings from a close examination of ni
ne cases where democracy faced severe threats from incumbent-led autocrati
zation. Amanda B. Edgell is an assistant professor at the University of A
labama\, where she runs the Comparative Political Regimes Lab\, and a rese
arch associate for the V-Dem Institute. Edgell co-edited the book “Why Dem
ocracies Develop and Decline” (CUP\, 2022) and has a forthcoming Cambridge
Element entitled “Democracy in Trouble: Democratic Resilience and Breakdo
wn from 1900 to 2022.” \;
DTEND:20241004T173000Z
DTSTAMP:20260414T152847Z
DTSTART:20241004T160000Z
LOCATION:
SEQUENCE:0
SUMMARY:Backsliding or Bias? Understanding Global Democratic Decline and Re
silience
UID:RFCALITEM639117629278729865
X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:Moynihan Institute’s program for the Study
of Global Politics welcomes Amanda B. Edgell from the University of Alabam
a. \;
Over the past decade\, declines in global indices of
democracy have raised concerns that the world may be experiencing a wave o
f autocratization. Prominent cases of severe democratic backsliding— such
as Hungary\, India\, Turkey and Venezuela—have also prompted scholars\, do
nors and practitioners to focus more on identifying factors that can help
promote democratic resilience. Meanwhile\, some scholars question whether
declines in democracy truly reflect a global recession or are manifested b
y measurement practices based on subjective expert assessments.
This talk will discuss the current controversies surrounding the m
easurement and operationalization of democratic backsliding\, with specifi
c reference to the Varieties of Democracy (V-Dem) Project. The talk will a
lso present findings from a close examination of nine cases where democrac
y faced severe threats from incumbent-led autocratization. Amanda B. Edge
ll is an assistant professor at the University of Alabama\, where she runs
the Comparative Political Regimes Lab\, and a research associate for the
V-Dem Institute.
Edgell co-edited the book “Why Democra
cies Develop and Decline” (CUP\, 2022) and has a forthcoming Cambridge Ele
ment entitled “Democracy in Trouble: Democratic Resilience and Breakdown f
rom 1900 to 2022.” \;
END:VEVENT
END:VCALENDAR