![]() ![]() We’re losing faith in democracy, but also forgetting that a less democratic system would actually be worse. I think we’ve also seen failure of democratic leaders to be inspiring, and to help people understand how democracy is serving them. I think this sentiment is the result of a very real phenomenon that has been, in part, driven by globalization, which has benefited certain segments of the global population, failed to benefit others, while outright disadvantaging some, and worsening the lives of many others. There is a feeling among people across many different countries that democracy is no longer delivering. For most people, those are personal security and economic prosperity. Many segments of the population no longer believe that democracy can deliver on their everyday concerns. The major driver in the Western world, among established democracies, is a loss of faith among the populations of these countries in the democratic process. What are some of the forces driving democratic recession in the Western world and can this pattern be reversed? Also consider the deepening authoritarianism of countries like Venezuela and Myanmar. ![]() have given up on a lot of those values that are central to democracy. There are many examples of the democratic recession-for instance, the decline of the democratic development in Central and Eastern Europe, especially Hungary and Poland, which were very distinctly strong democracies. ![]() We’ve observed how China is systematically attempting to undermine belief in democracy, all around the world. presents an inherent threat to the democratic values of major democracies. The most prominent of these is probably the rise of China as a major global power-an authoritarian state, that inherently presents an alternative model to countries that are at a crossroads, regarding their future trajectories. There are qualitative things happening on the ground that are indicative of the decline that is in progress. And that belief doesn’t stem solely from that fact that scores we put out in Freedom in the World every year show a numerical decline. Having said that, I do believe that democratic recession is a very real phenomenon. ![]() We were all optimistic-likely overly optimistic after the end of the Cold War. The methodology of the survey is derived in large measure from the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, and these standards are applied to all countries and territories, irrespective of geographical location, ethnic or religious composition, or level of economic development.Some academics have asserted that democratic recession is a myth, and that perceptions of democratic recession originate in excessive post-Cold War optimism. The analysts used a broad range of sources of information, including foreign and domestic news reports, academic studies, nongovernmental organizations, think tanks, individual professional contacts, and visits to the region, in conducting their research. The Freedom in the World political rights and civil liberties ratings are determined through a multi-layered process of research and evaluation by a team of regional analysts and eminent scholars. The survey ratings and narrative reports on 195 countries and fifteen territories are used by policymakers, the media, international corporations, civic activists, and human rights defenders to monitor trends in democracy and track improvements and setbacks in freedom worldwide. Freedom in the World, the Freedom House flagship survey whose findings have been published annually since 1972, is the standard-setting comparative assessment of global political rights and civil liberties. ![]()
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