Dodging the autocratic bullet: enlisting behavioural science to arrest democratic backsliding

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• What: The authors seek to shed light on the underlying mechanisms by studying democratic near misses: cases in which a period of autocratic governance is quickly reversed or full backsliding is prevented at the last minute. The authors examine the lessons that can be drawn from considering these cases through the lens of the drift-to-danger model and the behavioural sciences generally. The authors propose that behavioural scientists could support this body by developing guidelines and designing evidence-based measures for cases in which legal interventions are insufficient-for example, when norms are threatened. The present . . .
  

   

  

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