Democracy's Global Recession (with Alina Rocha Menocal)

Post third wave of democratisation, the world has seen countries backslide into forms of authoritarianism that was unthinkable in the late 80s and early 90s. As Trump reigns in the US and strongman politics becomes more the norm, what's next for the 'worst form of government, except for all the others'?

Host Adam Quinn sits down with Alina Rocha Menocal to talk democratisation, its slow down and recession in recent years and why it might not be the final stage in political development.

We discuss it all here.

Produced by Conor McKenna in association with the University of Birmingham.

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