Track Code
RC13
Track Chairs
Dr. Adam Szymanski
Dr. Mithila Bagai
Prof. Renata Mienkowska Norkiene
Deals with the basic conditions of democracy, but also the more specific aspects of the recent “wave”, in a systematic comparative manner. The present focus in on the historical and cultural particularities of this process in the major regions of the world (ie Africa, Latin America, Asia and Eastern Europe, thus far). Further work will concentrate on the theoretical implications of these processes and the risks and chances for a further consolidation and deepening of democracy in all parts of the world.
Panels
- African Politics, Selection of Public Officers and Good Governance: Interrogating the Present
- After Autocratization: Successful Resistance and the Challenge of Re-democratization
Chair: Dr. Laura Gamboa - Autocratization, Social Media censorship, restricting the right to protest and concentration of power: threatening times for competitive democracies
Chair: Mr. Rubén Tamboleo García - Barriers and Pathways to Inclusive Democracy
Chair: Dr. Stacey-Ann Wilson - Challenges to Democracy
Chair: Dr. Damjan Lajh - Challenges to Democratic Development in East Asia
Chair: Mr. Sanghoon Kim-Leffingwell - Constitutional Democracy and its Challenges
Chair: Dr. Yu-Chung Shen - Deepening or Backsliding? Democratisation in Malaysia and Indonesia
Chair: Prof. Chin Huat Wong - Democracy in South Asia : Potential and Perils
Chair: Dr. Rana Abo Amra - Democratic crisis: South Asia and South-east Asia
Chair: Prof. Bipin Kumar Tiwary - Democratic Deficits in South Asia: A Comparative Study of India, Pakistan and Bangladesh
Chair: Prof. Hamdy Hassan - Democratic enclaves in autocratising political regimes: case of cities
Chair: Dr. Adam Szymanski - Democratic Regression in East and Southeast Asia – Retrogression, Resistance, Revival
Chair: Prof. Aurel Croissant - Democratic Resilience in East and Southeast Asia – Potentials, Pathways, Performances
Chair: Prof. Youngho Cho - Democratic Transitions of South Asia: Endogenous and Exogenous Determinants and Future Paths to Democratic Development
Chair: Prof. Sojin Shin - Democratization and de-democratization in the Middle East
Chair: Dr. Jean-Baptiste Allegrini - Enhancing the Resilience of Democratic Administrative Cultures to Resist Autocratization
Chair: Mr. Eby Johny - Fifty Years after the Third Wave: What do we know about Democratization?
Chair: Dr. Brendan Howe - Fragile democratic consolidation and the institutional role of the electoral process
Chair: Dr. Rana Abo Amra - Freedom, Resistance, and Democracy in South Asia: A Critical Review
Chair: Dr. VIJAY SHANKAR VIKRAM - Inclusive, Collaborative, and Resilient Democracies
Chair: Prof. Eris Schoburgh - Legal and Practical Aspects of Autocratization. Lessons from Central and Eastern Europe
Chair: Prof. Elzbieta Kuzelewska - PANEL REGIMEN: Crisis as Transition Tools in society, politics and international relations
Chair: Dr. Nikolas Kouloglou - Peoplehood and Nation-Building: Between Collective Emancipation and Authoritarian Closure
Chair: Prof. Peter A. Kraus - Perceptions of Democracy in Latin America and the World. What are social and community leaders’ cognitions, attitudes and evaluations about really existing democracy?.
Chair: Prof. Azul America Aguiar Aguilar - Polarization and the Resilience of Democratic Regimes: Insights from Past and Present Challenges
Chair: Dr. Mizuho Nakada-Amiya - Resisting Autocratization of Parliamentary Democracy in South Asia :Role of Civil Society Organizations and Non-State Actors with Special Reference to India
Chair: Dr. Elango Krishnamoorthy - Resisting Polarization in Fragmented Societies: Lessons Learned From and Shared Between Africa and Latin America
Chair: Dr. Charlie Mballa - Soutenir et résister à l’autocratisation en contexte africain : ressorts actoriels, usages et effets de fragilisation et de catégorisation.
Chair: Dr. Prisca Helene Assiene Bissossoli - The Double-Edged Sword of Social Media: Threats to Democratic Governance
Chair: Prof. Inderjeet Singh Sodhi - The Future of Democracy in the Global South
Chair: Dr. Herbert Mba Aki - The New Democratic Landscape and the Contemporary Democratic Crisis
Chair: Dr. Mithila Bagai - The Resurgence of Coups: A Global Threat to Democracy
Chair: Dr. Sumant Kumar - The Role of Civil Society Organizations in Resisting Autocratization
Chair: Dr. Agnieszka Bejma - The role of opposition parties in democratization and de-democratization processes
Chair: Mr. Yuksel Alper Ecevit - Top Autocritizers - Studies on Autocratization Processes
Chair: Prof. Jelena Dzankic - Ukraine at a Crossroads: Domestic Reconfigurations and Foreign Policy Challenges Amidst the Full-Scale Invasion
Chair: Dr. Allyson Edwards - Understanding Democratic Decline and Resilience in Global Perspective
- Understanding Pathways to Autocratization and Their Consequences: Case-Based Insights
Chair: Dr. Licia Cianetti - Understanding Pathways to Autocratization and Their Consequences: Theoretical and Global Insights
Chair: Prof. Marie-Eve Desrosiers