Examining the effects of democratic backsliding on human rights conditions
Adhikari B. King J. Murdie A.
2024Routledge
Journal of Human Rights
2024#23Issue 3267 - 282 pp.
What is the link between democratic backsliding and human rights? Existing literature has focused almost exclusively on the effect of increasing democratic features on improvements in human rights. In contrast, we know less regarding the impact of decreasing democracy (i.e., democratic backsliding) on a state’s human rights conditions. With the growing influence of antidemocratic movements in many democracies recently, it is imperative that we explore the relationship between democratic backsliding and human rights conditions. We suspect that democratic backsliding has a substantial negative impact on human rights conditions. We posit that countries experiencing a period of democratic backsliding will also experience human rights violations to a greater degree. Additionally, we maintain that the scale of the backsliding matters, wherein states experiencing more democratic backsliding also experience more substantial reductions in human rights conditions. In testing these assertions, we find strong empirical support using a range of data sources and model specifications.
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Nazarbayev University, Kazakhstan
American University of Sharjah, United Arab Emirates
University of Georgia, United States
Nazarbayev University
American University of Sharjah
University of Georgia
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