New Working Paper Series

Launched in March 2022, Repairing Decayed Democracies is an occasional working paper series hosted on the Research hub of the global knowledge platform Democratic Decay & Renewal (DEM-DEC) at www.democratic -decay.org. The aim of the series is to provide a space for scholars across multiple disciplines, including early career and established scholars, to showcase works in progress and forthcoming publications on the challenges of repairing democracy after democratic decay.

DEM-DEC in a nutshell

Democratic Decay & Renewal (DEM-DEC) is an online resource designed to assist researchers and policymakers focused on the deterioration and re-invigoration of democratic rule worldwide – and to help them work together.

DEM-DEC provides an information hub and platform for collaboration through a mixture of curated and user-generated content, including an Experts Database, Events Database, Research Updates, Teaching Materials, Concept Index, and Links.

Download the DEM-DEC Information Booklet here

Listen to the DEM-DEC Launch Podcast on ABC

Read what leading democracy defenders think about DEM-DEC here

A resource for studying a global challenge

 

The incremental deterioration of democratic rule worldwide is one of the most pressing global challenges today. Academics and policymakers are indispensable to the search for greater understanding of this phenomenon, and to the search for potential solutions.  This website is intended to provide useful information on democratic decay, to frame the research area, to address conceptual confusion, to bring together experts who are working in this area, and to provide teaching resources to help students better understand this threat. Overall, it aims to aid the assessment of evidence-based concerns against a backdrop of often unhelpful alarmism — or complacency.  Although primarily aimed at public lawyers (i.e. those working on constitutional, international and transnational law), this resource is also intended to be useful to scholars in other disciplines, as well as policymakers. The information here complements existing initiatives, including the Democratic Erosion website, which is one of the Resource partners (see Partners below). 

 

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About

Find out about plans to develop DEM-DEC, and about the creator and Director of the resource, Dr Tom Gerald Daly

GET INVOLVED

This is a collaborative resource - find out how you can help to develop DEM-DEC and shape its content

featured events

As well as providing a Concept Index, Experts Database, Bibliography, Teaching materials, and Links to a range of sites, this resource collates information on forthcoming events worldwide relevant to the study of democratic decay: see the Events section for details.

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Future Events
Yale’s Jackson Institute for Global Affairs & Center for Global Legal Challenges: ‘Yale Cyber Leadership Forum: Disinformation and the Future of Democracy’ - 4 March 2022, 9.00-12.00 (EST)
World Affairs Council of Orange County: ‘Standing Against Authoritarianism: Belarus' Opposition Leader on Fighting the Lukashenko Regime from Exile’ - 3 March 2022, 9.00-10.00 (Pacific Time)
International Forum for Democratic Studies: ‘An Offshore Cold War: Forging a Democratic Alliance to Combat Transnational Kleptocracy’ - 2 March 2022, 10.00-11.00 (EST)
Stanford Center on Democracy, Development, and the Rule of Law: ‘Facing Autocracy, a Global Challenge’ - 2 March 2022, 16.00 (Pacific Time)
National Endowment for Democracy: ‘Rebuilding Democratic Momentum’ - 8 December 2021, 12.30-13.45 (EST)
Asia Foundation: ‘Making Democracy Deliver in the Indo-Pacific - A Summit For Democracy Side-Event’ - 7 December 2021, 9.00-10.30 (ET)
Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU): ‘143rd Assembly and related meetings’ - 26-30 November 2021
International IDEA: ‘Election Assistance in Times of Democratic Backlash’ - 26 November 2021, 14.00-15.30 (CET)
Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Lithuania: ‘High Level Forum: Future of Democracy Vilnius 2021 - Defending Against Authoritarianism’ - 19-20 November 2021
African Network of Constitutional Lawyers: ‘ANCL Hybrid Conference 2021: Checking the Tide of Democratic Regression in Africa’ - 28-29 October 2021

disclaimer

The views expressed on this site do not necessarily reflect the views of the partner organisations.