What I'm Reading: Why Democracy Erodes From the Top
Briefly

In his work, Larry Bartels presents surprising data suggesting that the rise of right-wing populism in several European nations has not directly correlated with an erosion of democracy.
Bartels points out that in Poland and Hungary, democratic regressions only followed after governments campaigned on more mainstream platforms, suggesting a complex relationship between populism and democracy.
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