The Rise of Legislative Authoritarianism
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 6287439 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Paolo Sosa-Villagarcia (0000-0001-9266-1102), José Incio (0000-0001-6866-0644), Moisés Arce (0000-0003-1535-2132) |
| Year | 2025 |
| Volume | 36 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 106-117 |
| Publication date | 2025-04-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Journal of democracy (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1045-5736 • E-ISSN: 1086-3214 |
| Publisher | Project MUSE (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.1353/jod.2025.a954567 |
| OpenAlex | W4408911157 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 2 |
The literature has focused on executive aggrandizement as the path leading to autocratization. Therefore, dysfunctional relations between the executive and legislative branches were seen as a "blessing in disguise" which prevented presidents from becoming powerful enough to cause democratic backsliding. More recently, scholars have interpreted such dysfunctionality as a problem in the form of "democratic hollowing." Yet this may be only a transitory state of affairs. Power vacuums tend to be filled. Evidence shows that even fragmented groups in the legislative branch can concentrate power. This concentration of power defines another path to democratic backsliding via what we call legislative authoritarianism
Authoritarianism · Democracy · Development economics · Economics · Legislature · Political economy · Political science · Politics · Judicial and Constitutional Studies · Law
| Unique citing works | 2 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 2 |
| Citation span | 2025 - 2026 (2) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 2 |