Democratic Erosion as a Sequence of Regime Events: A Micro-Level Conceptualization
This talk presents a novel micro-level conceptual framework for analyzing democratic erosion, resilience, and recovery by disaggregating regime change into discrete, time-bound “regime events” —actions by political actors that modify specific democratic components. These events are classified as autocratizing, democratizing, or status quo, and are distinguished from contextual conditions such as polarization or economic crises, which influence but do not constitute regime change.