Decline of democracy—the European Union at a crossroad
Decline of democracy—the European Union at a crossroad
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民主的衰落——欧盟正处于十字路口
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发表时间：
2021
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通讯作者：
Theresia Smolka
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作者：
Theresia Smolka
尽管欧盟成员国承诺维护《欧洲联盟条约》第2条所载的基本民主价值观，但在一些成员国--首先是匈牙利和波兰--可以看到违反这些价值观的行为。本文探讨这些负面的发展，这往往被概括为倒退或民主的侵蚀，是否应该被归类为民主质量的损失，甚至作为民主的衰落。根据热罗·埃德曼（Gero Erdmann，2011）对民主衰落的理论定义，并利用2004年至2016年期间的民主晴雨表数据，对欧盟28个成员国的民主质量损失进行了分析。此外，还讨论了欧盟在维护成员国民主方面的作用。文章显示，不仅是欧盟新成员国更频繁地表现出民主的衰落，欧盟老成员国也是如此。欧盟作为民主基本价值观的捍卫者，尽管拥有众多工具，但未能发挥其作用。
Although EU member states have committed themselves to upholding the fundamental democratic values enshrined in Article 2 Treaty on European Union, violations of these values could be observed in some member states—first and foremost in Hungary and Poland. This article studies whether these negative developments, which are often summarized under the terms backsliding or erosion of democracy, should be classified as a loss in the quality of democracy or even as a decline of democracy. By drawing on Gero Erdmann’s (2011) theoretical definition of decline of democracy and using Democracy Barometer data for the period between 2004 and 2016, this form of loss of the quality of democracy is analysed for the 28 EU member states. In addition, the EU’s role in safeguarding democracy in its member states is discussed. The article shows that it is not only the new EU members that show a decline of democracy more frequently, but the old EU members. The EU as guardian of the democratic fundamental values is failing to live up to its role despite the numerous instruments it has at its disposal.
不同类型的缺陷民主国家：重新评估缺陷民主亚型的相关性
影响因子：
2.2
作者：
Hans-Joachim;Oliver Schlenkrich;und Lukas Lemm
通讯作者：
und Lukas Lemm