Beware of Authoritarianism
In recent years, many political scientists and democracy experts have become increasingly concerned about regression in democracy globally.
Police arrest a protester following clashes during a nationwide strike against a new law which critics fear favours investors at the expense of labour rights and the environment, in Palu on October 8, 2020.
In recent years, many political scientists and democracy experts have become increasingly concerned about regression in democracy globally. More and more countries – both those with established democracies and those with relatively new democratic systems – are becoming illiberal or practicing flawed democracy.
This phenomenon is assailing hope in the future of democracy, hopes that were high when a wave of democratization swept the world in the last decades of the 20th century to replace authoritarian regimes.