Decline of democracy? Part 2

Ronald Wintrobe

Chapter 28 in Elgar Encyclopedia of Public Choice, 2025, pp 194-198 from Edward Elgar Publishing

Abstract: This chapter applies the argument developed in Chapter 27 in this volume. I look at many of the reasons commonly adduced to explain the decline in liberal democracy: globalized markets, social media, increased inequality, mass immigration, identity politics, and new and successful forms of capitalist dictatorship. I suggest that they can all be boiled down to one: democratic liberalism is no longer capable of providing the primary imaginary community that satisfies the desire for belonging.

Keywords: Authoritarianism; Imaginary community; Belonging; Dictatorship; Decline of democracy; Social media; Immigration; Globalization (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2025
ISBN: 9781802207743
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