ERC Consolidator Grant · 2019
Democracy under Threat: How Education can Save it
We are currently witnessing an unprecedented rise of authoritarian leaders, backed by popular support, who defy democracy. Challenging existing paradigms and an elite-focused literature, DEMED will take an individual-level perspective to study the causes of democratic backsliding and identify solutions to build more resilient democratic societies. Thereby, DEMED will have a transformative effect on the study of democracies and autocracies as well as the dynamics between the two. DEMED is a ground-breaking project that transforms our knowledge about the process of democratisation and backsliding. Work packages (WP) are divided along four objectives: 1) Establish causes of democratic…
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