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Is Support for Liberal Democracy in Crisis?

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AuthorDaniel Devine
DOIhttp://doi.org/10.1177/20419058231167260
Published date01 March 2023
Date01 March 2023
8 POLITICAL INSIGHT • MARCH 2023
On January 8 2023 thousands
of supporters of the recently
ousted Brazilian President, Jair
Bolsonaro, stormed government
oces, claiming that the election was
corrupt and that the newly-elected Lula
da Silva was not the legitimate President.
This came almost exactly a year after near-
identical scenes in the United States when
supporters of former President Donald
Trump rioted on the Capitol.
These events are tragic in isolation,
Is Support for
Liberal Democracy
in Crisis?
Recent events from around the world have challenged democratic
institutions. Is public support for liberal democracy on the wane?
And what can be done to change this? Daniel Devine investigates.
yet may be even more tragic in context,
reecting a general decline in people’s
commitment to democracy and rejection of
(liberal) democratic institutions. A vibrant,
functioning democracy must have the
support of the public. If the public are
turning away from democracy, then the
future of democracy looks a rocky one.
Fuelling these concerns is the genuine
decline in the number and quality of
democracies. Fewer states are now
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