Backsliding | List of Frontiers open access articles

Original Research

Published on 09 Jan 2023

The democratic backsliding paradigm in enlarged European Union countries: In-depth analysis of V-Dem indicators

in Peace and Democracy

Ryo Nakai

Frontiers in Political Science

doi 10.3389/fpos.2022.966472

11,398 views
5 citations

Original Research

Published on 10 Aug 2021

Democratic Institutions Without Democratic Content?-New Regionalism and Democratic Backsliding in Regional Reforms in Sweden

in Peace and Democracy

Jörgen Johansson
Malin Rönnblom
Andreas Öjehag-Pettersson

Frontiers in Political Science

doi 10.3389/fpos.2021.711185

5,246 views
6 citations

Original Research

Published on 13 Jun 2025

Populism and legislative backsliding

in Political Participation

Osnat Akirav

Frontiers in Political Science

doi 10.3389/fpos.2025.1549528

2,209 views

Perspective

Published on 28 Sep 2021

Perspective on Sub-national Governance of Crossborder Regions: Democratic Governance in Anti-democratic Times?

in Peace and Democracy

Sara Svensson

Frontiers in Political Science

doi 10.3389/fpos.2021.710923

3,168 views
4 citations

Perspective

Published on 20 Jan 2026

Local elections and democratic backsliding: pragmatic politics in Southeast Asia

in Comparative Governance

Sumit Kumar Pandey
Sushil Kumar Rai
Trishu Sharma

Frontiers in Political Science

doi 10.3389/fpos.2025.1746666

1,808 views

Original Research

Published on 12 Jan 2026

Political grief and ambiguous loss in a threatened democracy: psychological distress and civic responses during Israel’s judicial reform

in Public Mental Health

Einat Yehene
Shay Ohayon

Frontiers in Psychiatry

doi 10.3389/fpsyt.2025.1687951

2,437 views
1 citation

Original Research

Published on 26 Aug 2025

Swimming against the populist tide: lessons from Central and Eastern Europe

in Elections and Representation

Anastassiya Perevezentseva

Frontiers in Political Science

doi 10.3389/fpos.2025.1640976

5,672 views
1 citation

Original Research

Published on 18 Mar 2026

Regenerating democracy in a captured media environment: student protests and hypermedia mobilization in Serbia

in Political Participation

Marija Džunić
Nataša Golubović

Frontiers in Political Science

doi 10.3389/fpos.2026.1776544

438 views

Perspective

Accepted on 17 Apr 2026

Defending ecology and evolution in an age of democratic backsliding and environmental crisis

in Population, Community, and Ecosystem Dynamics

Dennis Murray

Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution

143 views

Original Research

Published on 27 Mar 2023

African coups in the COVID-19 era: A current history

in Peace and Democracy

John J. Chin
Jessica Kirkpatrick

Frontiers in Political Science

doi 10.3389/fpos.2023.1077945

29,810 views
26 citations

Original Research

Published on 28 Feb 2025

Democratic resilience or retreat? A cross-area analysis

in Peace and Democracy

Dirk Berg-Schlosser

Frontiers in Political Science

doi 10.3389/fpos.2025.1447925

2,834 views

Original Research

Accepted on 24 Apr 2026

Pampered Sons and Performative Rage: Digital Feminist Critique of the Gendered Crisis in South Korean Democracy

in Peace and Democracy

Euisol Jeong

Frontiers in Political Science

Review

Published on 29 Apr 2020

In Search of the Missing Links Between Economic Insecurity and Political Protest: Why Does Neoliberalism Evoke Identity Politics Instead of Class Interests?

in Sociological Theory

Juha Siltala

Frontiers in Sociology

doi 10.3389/fsoc.2020.00028

10,381 views
7 citations

Conceptual Analysis

Published on 14 Nov 2025

Structural conflict and democratic self-sabotage in Africa: a decolonial-conceptual statement

in Political Participation

Muhammad Dan Suleiman

Frontiers in Political Science

doi 10.3389/fpos.2025.1620478

2,097 views

Editorial

Published on 10 Mar 2022

Editorial: Challenges to Local Democracy: Democratization Efforts and Democratic Backsliding at the Sub-national Level

in Peace and Democracy

Sara Svensson
Judit Keller

Frontiers in Political Science

doi 10.3389/fpos.2022.857310

3,437 views

Original Research

Published on 01 Sep 2025

EU-China relations in a post-COVID-19 world order: the context of the BRI project

in International Studies

James F. Downes
Kenneth Lai

Frontiers in Political Science

doi 10.3389/fpos.2025.1644327

3,621 views
1 citation

Articles

The democratic backsliding paradigm in enlarged European Union countries: In-depth analysis of V-Dem indicators

Democratic Institutions Without Democratic Content?-New Regionalism and Democratic Backsliding in Regional Reforms in Sweden

Populism and legislative backsliding

Perspective on Sub-national Governance of Crossborder Regions: Democratic Governance in Anti-democratic Times?

Local elections and democratic backsliding: pragmatic politics in Southeast Asia

Political grief and ambiguous loss in a threatened democracy: psychological distress and civic responses during Israel’s judicial reform

Swimming against the populist tide: lessons from Central and Eastern Europe

Regenerating democracy in a captured media environment: student protests and hypermedia mobilization in Serbia

Defending ecology and evolution in an age of democratic backsliding and environmental crisis

African coups in the COVID-19 era: A current history

Democratic resilience or retreat? A cross-area analysis

Pampered Sons and Performative Rage: Digital Feminist Critique of the Gendered Crisis in South Korean Democracy

In Search of the Missing Links Between Economic Insecurity and Political Protest: Why Does Neoliberalism Evoke Identity Politics Instead of Class Interests?

Structural conflict and democratic self-sabotage in Africa: a decolonial-conceptual statement

Editorial: Challenges to Local Democracy: Democratization Efforts and Democratic Backsliding at the Sub-national Level

EU-China relations in a post-COVID-19 world order: the context of the BRI project