steven levitsky ve
daniel ziblatt tarafından kaleme alınmış bir
kitap. yazarlar demokrasilerin önceden
askeri darbeler eliyle öldürüldüğünü, fakat artık
seçimler yoluyla demokrasinin öldürüldüğü örneklerin çoğaldığını söyleyerek bu konuyu incelemişler.
"since the end of the cold war, most democratic breakdowns have been caused not by
generals and
soldiers but by elected governments themselves. like
hugo chávez in venezuela, elected leaders have subverted democratic institutions in
georgia,
hungary,
nicaragua,
peru,
the philippines,
poland,
russia,
sri lanka,
turkey and
ukraine.
democratic backsliding today begins at the
ballot box. the electoral road to breakdown is dangerously deceptive. with a classic coup d’état, as in pinochet’s chile, the death of a democracy is immediate and evident to all. the presidential palace burns. the president is killed, imprisoned or shipped off into exile. the constitution is suspended or scrapped.
on the electoral road,
none of these things happen. there are
no tanks in the streets. constitutions and other nominally democratic institutions remain in place.
people still vote. elected autocrats maintain a veneer of democracy while eviscerating its substance."
yazını devamı için:
https://www.theguardian.com/…is-how-democracies-die