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Listen to a recent interview on the Democracy Paradox podcast below (30 January 2024), access our Working Paper series and find out how you can submit a paper to the series.

DEM-DEC in a nutshell

Democratic Decay & Renewal (DEM-DEC) is an online resource designed to assist researchers and policymakers focused on the deterioration and re-invigoration of democratic rule worldwide – and to help them work together.

DEM-DEC provides an information hub and platform for collaboration through a mixture of curated and user-generated content, including an Experts Database, Events Database, Research Updates, Teaching Materials, Concept Index, and Links.

Download the DEM-DEC Information Booklet here

Listen to the DEM-DEC Launch Podcast on ABC

Read what leading democracy defenders think about DEM-DEC here

A resource for studying a global challenge

 

The incremental deterioration of democratic rule worldwide is one of the most pressing global challenges today. Academics and policymakers are indispensable to the search for greater understanding of this phenomenon, and to the search for potential solutions.  This website is intended to provide useful information on democratic decay, to frame the research area, to address conceptual confusion, to bring together experts who are working in this area, and to provide teaching resources to help students better understand this threat. Overall, it aims to aid the assessment of evidence-based concerns against a backdrop of often unhelpful alarmism — or complacency.  Although primarily aimed at public lawyers (i.e. those working on constitutional, international and transnational law), this resource is also intended to be useful to scholars in other disciplines, as well as policymakers. The information here complements existing initiatives, including the Democratic Erosion website, which is one of the Resource partners (see Partners below). 

 

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About

Find out about DEM-DEC, and about the creator and Director of the resource, Professor Tomás Daly

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This is a collaborative resource - find out how you can help to develop DEM-DEC and shape its content

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The views expressed on this site do not necessarily reflect the views of the partner organisations.