IAST Workshop on the Political Economy of Autocratic Rule & Democratic Backsliding
from June 23, 2025 to June 24, 2025
TSE Building
1, esplanade de l'université, Toulouse
1, esplanade de l'université, Toulouse
Thirty years after the collapse of the Soviet Union, forms of autocratic rule persist in large parts of the world. Even worse, democracy today seems under immense threat: once consolidated liberal democracies, such as Hungary and Venezuela, have backslid into electoral autocracies; the Far Right is gathering momentum in several others; autocratic regimes are accused of interfering in foreign elections; and the Putin regime in Russia is waging war against democracy in Ukraine.
This interdisciplinary workshop, organized by the IAST Research Team on Political Economy (PE), gathers political scientists, economists, and scholars from related disciplines at the forefront of research into autocratic politics and democratic backsliding. It ties together recent advances in these research areas that help us better understand why democracy in the 21st century can be so fragile and non-democracy so resilient. Its focus is upon problems thought to be conducive to democratic backsliding, safeguards of democracy, the politics of information, notably censorship and propaganda, and the roles of intermediaries, ordinary citizens, and policies under autocratic rule.
More information on this event: program, list of speakers, how to attend on IAST website
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Updated on March 24, 2025