Warren Epstein

Biden: Promising to Reverse Democratic Backsliding and Resisting the temptation to join the Erosion by Warren Casey Epstein

posted on May 7, 2019 by Warren Epstein

University of Chicago Tagged With: Democratic Erosion, Democrats, Trump

Is former-Vice President Biden’s campaign for president promising to reverse potential democratic backsliding in the United States? American voters tend to elect a president who cures the single …

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Bribery, Backsliding, and the Rule of Law in Trudeau’s Canada by Warren Casey Epstein

posted on April 28, 2019 by Warren Epstein

University of Chicago Tagged With: bermeo, democratic backsliding, FreedomHouse, judicial independence, North America, rule of law, Stealth Authoritarianism

The Difference between Scandal and Democratic Backsliding. Trudeau’s SNC-Lavalin scandal while undermining the rule of the law is not sufficient to claim that Canada is experiencing Democratic …

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Israeli Parliamentary Elections: A Choice between Backsliders? by Warren Casey Epstein

posted on April 18, 2019 by Warren Epstein

University of Chicago Tagged With: backsliding, bermeo, Coup, elections, freedom of expression, Israel, Middle East, Netanyahu

Were the Blue and White Party generals attempting a promissory coup against an executive aggrandizing Likud Prime Minister? The rhetoric of military generals attempting to “protect” democracy and an …

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