References
- Ádám, Z. – Csaba, I. (2022): Populism unrestrained: Policy responses of the Orbán regime to the pandemic in 2020–2021. European Policy Analysis, 8, 277–296. DOI: //doi.org/10.1002/epa2.1157.
- Ágh A. (2015): Radical Party System Changes in Five East-Central European States: Eurosceptic and Populist Parties on the Move in the 2010s. Baltic Journal of Political Science, 4/2015: 23–48. DOI. 10.15388/BJPS.2015.0.8878.
- Ágh, A. (2016): The Decline of Democracy in East-Central Europe, Problems of Post-Communism 63(5–6): 277–287, DOI: 10.1080/10758216.2015.1113383
- Ágh, A. (2019): Declining Democracy in East-Central Europe. The Divide in the EU and the Emerging Hard Populism. Cheltenham: Edward Elgar Publishing.
- Ágh, A. (2022): The Third Wave of Autocratization in East-Central Europe. Journal of Comparative Politics 15(2): 72–87.
- Akkoyunlu, K. (2020): Coronavirus In Turkey. Emergency Under a Permanent State Of Emergency. Executives, presidents and cabinet politics, (PEX). available at https://pex-network.com/2020/05/14/coronavirus-in-turkey-emergency-under-a-permanent-state-of-emergency/
- Andrews, M. – Pritchett, L. – Woolcock, M. (2017): Building State Capability: Evidence, Analysis, Action. Oxford: Oxford University Press.
- Bertelsmann Stiftung. (2018). “East-Central and Southeast Europe: Illiberal Drift”, Transformation Index BTI 2018: Governance in International Comparison. Gütersloh: Verlag Bertelsmann Stiftung, 84–92.
- Bieber, F. (2018): The Rise (and Fall) of Balkan Stabilitocracies. Horizons 10: 176–185.
- Bieber, F. (2020): The Rise of Authoritarianism in the Western Balkans. London, Palgrave: Mac-Millan.
- Bieber, F. (2022): Global Nationalism in Times of the COVID-19 Pandemic. Nationalities Papers 50 (1): 13–25.
- Bochsler, D. – Juon, A. (2020): Authoritarian footprints in Central and Eastern Europe. East European Politics 36 (2): 167–187.
- Boese, V.A. – Edgell, A.B. – Hellmeier, S. – Maerz, S.F. – Lindberg, S.I. (2021): How democracies prevail: democratic resilience as a two-stage process. Democratization 28 (5): 885–907.
- Bugarčić, B. – Kuhelj, A. (2015): Slovenia in crisis: A tale of unfinished democratization in East--Central Europe. Communist and Post-Communist Studies 48 (4): 273–279.
- Bustikova L. (2014): Revenge of the Radical Right. Comparative Political Studies 47(12), 1738–1765.
- Čepo, D. (2020): Structural weaknesses and the role of the dominant political party: democratic backsliding in Croatia since EU accession. Southeast European and Black Sea Studies 20(1): 141–159.
- Coppedge, M. (2017): Eroding Regimes: What, Where, and When? Working Paper, Series 2017: 57. Gothenburg: The V-Dem Institute.
- Çınar, İ. (2021): Riding the democracy train: incumbent-led paths to autocracy. Constitutional Political Economy 32(3): 301–325.
- Croissant, A. (2020): Democracies with Preexisting Conditions and the Coronavirus in the Indo-Pacific.The ASAN Forum 8 (4). Available at https://theasanforum.org/democracies-with--preexisting-conditions-and-the-coronavirus-in-the-indo-pacific/
- Csaky, Z. (2020): Nations in Transit: Dropping the Democratic Façade. New York: Freedom House.
- Damnjanović, M. (2018): Serbia. Nation in Transit 2018. New York: Freedom House. https://freedomhouse.org/country/serbia/nations-transit/2018 (accessed Apr. 15, 2022)
- Donno, D. – Roussias, N. (2012): Does Cheating Pay? The Effect of Electoral Misconduct on Party Systems. Comparative Political Studies 45(5), 576–605.
- DeVotta, N. (2011): Sri Lanka: From Turmoil to Dynasty. Journal of Democracy 22(2): 130–144.
- DeVotta, N. (2016): A Win for Democracy in Sri Lanka. Journal of Democracy 27(1): 152–66.
- DeVotta, N. (2021): Sri Lanka: The Return to Ethnocracy. Journal of Democracy 32(1): 96–110.
- Edgell, A.B. – Grahn, S. – Lachapelle, J. – Lührmann, A. – Maerz, S.F. (2020): An Update on Pandemic Backsliding: Democracy Four Months After the Beginning of the Covid-19 Pandemic. Policy Brief #24. Gothenburg, The V-Dem Institute. Available at https://www.v-dem.net/media/publications/v-dem_policybrief-24_update-pandemic-backsliding_200702.pdf
- Edgell, A.B. – Lachapelle, J. – Lührmann, A. – Maerz, S.F. 2021): Pandemic backsliding: Violations of democratic standards during Covid-19. Social Science & Medicine 285 (114244), doi.org/10.1016/j.socscimed.2021.114244
- Ginsburg, T. – Huq, A. (2018): Democracy’s Near Misses. Journal of Democracy 29(4): 16–30.
- Fink-Hafner, D. – Hafner-Fink, M. (2009): The Determinants of the Success of Transitions to Democracy. Europe-AsianStudies 61(9): 1603–1625.
- Fink-Hafner, D. (2020): The struggle over authoritarian pressures in Slovenia in the context of the COVID-19 epidemic. Politički život 18: 19–32.
- Faktor, Ž. (2020): Backsliding of democracy in Slovenia under right-wing populist Janez Janša. European Monitor. Available at https://www.europeum.org/en/articles/detail/3432/eu-monitor--backsliding-of-democracy-in-slovenia-under-right-wing-populist-janez-jansa
- Guasti, P. (2020): The Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic in Central and Eastern Europe. The Rise of Autocracy and Democratic Resilience. Democratic Theory 7(2): 47–60.
- Guasti, P. (2021): Democratic Erosion and Democratic Resilience in Central Europe during COVID-19. Czech Journal of International Relations 6(4): 91–104.
- Guasti, P. – Bustikova, L. (2022). Pandemic power grab, East European Politics 38(4): 529–550. DOI: 10.1080/21599165.2022.2122049
- Guasti, P. – Bustikova, L. (2023): Varieties of Illiberal Backlash in Central Europe, Problems of Post-Communism 70:2, 130–142, DOI: 10.1080/10758216.2022.2156889
- Haggard, S. – Kaufman, R. (2021): The Anatomy of Democratic Backsliding. Journal of Democracy 32(4): 27–41.
- Hajnal, G. – Jeziorska, I. – Kovács, E.M. (2021): Understanding drivers of illiberal entrenchment at critical junctures: institutional responses to COVID-19 in Hungary and Poland. International Review of Administrative Sciences 87 (3): 612–630.
- Haček, M. (2015): Slovenia. In nations in transit, freedom house report. https://freedomhouse.org/country/slovenia/nations-transit/2015. (12 April 2023)
- IDEA (2020): Taking Stock of Global Democratic Trends Before and During the COVID-19 Pandemic. Special brief. Strömsborg, Stockholm: IDEA
- Janša, J. (2014): Druga republika. Ljubljana: Nova obzorja.
- Juzová, J. (2020): Western Balkans in the fight against the COVID-19. Europeum Monitor.
- Krekó, P. (2020): Orbán’s pandemic authoritarian grab. Blog at Heinrich Boell Stiftung, Brussels.Availableathttps://eu.boell.org/en/2020/04/22/orbans-pandemic-authoritarian-grab.
- Kolvani, P. – Pillai, S. – Edgell, A.B. – Grahn, S. – Kaiser, S. – Lachapelle, J. – Lührmann, (2020): Pandemic Backsliding: Democracy Nine Months into the Covid-19 Pandemic. Policy Brief No. #26. Gothenburg: The V-Dem Institute.
- Kmezić, M. – Bieber, B. (eds) (2017): The Crisis of Democracy in the Western Balkans. An Anatomy of Stabilitocracy and the Limits of EU Democracy Promotion. Belgrade/Graz: BiEPAG.
- Komar, O. – Novak, M. (2020): Introduction: (De)democratisation in Slovenia and Montenegro: Comparing the Quality of Democracy. Politics in Central Europe 16(3): 549–592.
- Lukšič, I. (2020a): Slovenia. In Max Brändle et al., Democracy and the State of Emergency. Political Battles Emerging out of the Corona Crisis in the Western Balkans, Croatia and Slovenia. Report One. Belgrade: Friedrich Ebert Stiftung, 32–35.
- Lukšič, I. (2020b): Slovenia. In Max Brändle et al., Democracy and the State of Emergency. Political Battles Emerging out of the Corona Crisis in the Western Balkans, Croatia and Slovenia. Report Three. Belgrade: Friedrich Ebert Stiftung, 38–42.
- Lovec, M. (2022): Slovenia. Nations in Transit 2021. New York: Freedom House. Available at https://freedomhouse.org/country/slovenia/nations-transit/2021
- Lührmann, A. – Edgell, A.B. – Grahn, S. – Lachapelle, J. – Maerz, S.F. (2020): Does the Coronavirus Endanger Democracy in Europe?, Carnegie Europe. Available at https://carnegieeurope.eu/2020/06/23/does-coronavirus-endanger-democracy-in-europe-pub-82110
- Marčić, S. (2015): Informal Institutions in the Western Balkans: An Obstacle to Democratic Consolidation. Journal of Balkan and Near Eastern Studies 17(1): 1–14.
- Morgenbesser, L. (2020): The menu of autocratic innovation. Democratization 27(6): 1053–1072.
- Kapidžić, D. (2020): The rise of illiberal politics in Southeast Europe. Southeast European and Black Sea Studies 20(1): 1–17.
- Kapidžić, D. – Stojarová, V. (eds.) (2021): Illiberal Politics in Southeast Europe. How Ruling Elites Undermine Democracy. New York: Routledge, Taylor and Francis Group.
- Krašovec, A. – Johannsen, L. (2016): Recent Developments in Democracy in Slovenia. Problems of Post-Communism 63 (5–6): 313–322.
- Krašovec, A. – Lajh, D. (2021): Slovenia: Tilting the Balance? In G. Verheugen – K. Vodička – M. Brusis (eds.). Demokratie im postkommunistischen EU-Raum. Erfolge, Defizite, Risiken, Wiesbaden: Springer VS: 161–174.
- Lührmann, A. et al (2018): Democracy for All? V-Dem Annual Democracy Report 2018. Gothenburg: University of Gothenburg, V-Dem Institute.
- Miller, M.K. (2017): The Strategic Origins of Electoral Authoritarianism. British Journal of Political Science 50(1), 17–44
- King, G. – Keohane, R.O. – Verba, S. (1994). Designing Social Inquiry. Scientific Inference In Qualitative Research. New Jersey: Princeton University Press.
- Lührmann, A. – Lindberg, S.I. (2019): A third wave of autocratization is here: what is new about it? Democratization 26(7): 1095–1113.
- Lührmann, A. – Rooney, B. (2019): When Democracy has a Fever: States of Emergency as a Symptom and Accelerator of Autocratization. V-Dem Working Paper 2019:85. Gothenburg: University of Gothenburg, V-Dem Institute.
- Lührmann, A. – Rooney, B. (2020): Autocratization by Decree: States of Emergency and Democratic Decline. Working Paper Series 2020: 85, 2nd Edition. Gothenburg: University of Gothenburg, V-DemInstitute.
- Lührmann, A. – Rooney, B. (2021): Autocratization by Decree: States of Emergency and Democratic Decline. Comparative Politics 53(4): 617–649.
- Lührmann, A. – Edgell, A.B. – Maerz, S.F. – Lachapelle, J. – Grahn, S. (2020): Does the Coronavirus Endanger Democracy in Europe? Washington: Carnegie Endowment for International Peace.
- Maerz, S.F. – Lührmann, A. – Hellmeier, S. – Grahn, S. – Lindberg, S.I. (2020): State of the world 2019: autocratization surges – resistance grows. Democratization 27(6): 909–927.
- Mikleušević-Pavić, S. – Šegedin-Miriovsky, S. – Leković, S. (2020): Zabrinjavajuće stanje na HRT-u. [Worrisome State of Affairs on the Croat Public Television.] HND. Available at https://www.hnd.hr/zabrinjavajuce-stanje-na-hrt-u-u-nepuna-dva-mjeseca-gotovo-70-smjena-programski--propusti-i-izostanak-profesionalnih-kriterija
- Novak, M. – Lajh, D. (2023). Challenges Facing Organised Interests Under a Populist Right-Wing Government in Slovenia. Politics and Governance 11(1), 28–38.
- Orlović, S. (2020): Pad demokratije i redukcija ljudskih prava i sloboda u vreme pandemije: slučaj Srbija [The decline of democracy and the reduction of human rights and freedoms during the pandemic: the case of Serbia.] Politički život 18: 81–99.
- Pavlović, D. (2019): When do neoliberal economic reforms cause democratic decline? Evidence from the post-communist Southeast Europe. Post-CommunistEconomies 31(5): 671–697.
- Pavlović, D. (2020): The political economy behind the gradual demise of democratic institutions in Serbia. Southeast European and Black Sea Studies 20(1): 19–39.
- Petak, Z. (2021). Kroatien: Schwierige Zeiten für eine Verbesserung der Demokratie. In G. Verheugen – K. Vodička – M. Brusis (eds.). Demokratie im postkommunistischen EU-Raum. Erfolge, Defizite, Risiken, Wiesbaden: Springer VS: 49–66.
- Pecnik, J. (2021): Desničar opasnih namjera. [The Right-Winger with Dangerous Intentions.] Danas Nedelja October 16–17, 2021. Beograd: Dan Graf.
- Pepinsky, T. (2020): Authoritarian innovations: theoretical foundations and practical implications. Democratization 27(6): 1092–1101.
- Przeworski, A. – Alvarez, M.E. – Cheibub, J.A. – Limongi. F. (2000): Democracy and development: political institutions and well-being in the world 1950–1990. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
- Przeworski, A. (2019): Crises of Democracy. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
- Radeljić, B. – Đorđević, V. (2020): Clientelism and the Abuse of Power in the Western Balkans. Journal of Balkan and Near Eastern Studies 22(5): 597–612.
- Rizman, R.M. (2006): Uncertain Path: Democratic Transition and Consolidation in Slovenia. College Station: A & M University Press.
- Rooney, B. (2019): Emergency powers in democratic states: Introducing the Democratic Emergency Powers dataset. Research & Politics 6 (4).
- Rupnik, J. (2017). Illiberal democracy in East-Central Europe. Esprit 6(6), 69–85. https://doi.org/10.3917/espri.1706.0069
- Stojarová, V. (2020): Media in the Western Balkans: who controls the past controls the future. Southeast European and Black Sea Studies 20(1): 161–181.
- Svolik, M. (2019): Polarization versus Democracy. Journal of Democracy 30(3): 20–32.
- Svolik, M. – Lutz, J. – Milačić, F. – Avramovska, E. (2023): In Europe, Democracy Erodes from the Right. Journal of Democracy 34(1), 5–20.
- Šimić-Banović, R. (2019): Uhljeb – a post-socialist homo croaticus: a personification of the economy of favours in Croatia? Post-CommunistEconomies 31(3): 279–300.
- Tzfakis, N. (2020): The Western Balkans during the pandemic: Democracy and rule of law in quarantine? European View 19(2): 197–205.
- Vachudova, M.A. (2020): Ethnopopulism and democratic backsliding in Central Europe. East European Politics 36(3): 318–340.
- Vegh, Z. (2021): Hungary. Nations in Transit 2021. New York: Freedom House.
- Vladisavljević, A. (2020): New Slovenian Government Raises Fears of ‘Orbanisation’. BalkanInsight, Available at https://balkaninsight.com/2020/03/17/new-slovenian-government-raises--fears-of-orbanisation/
- Vladisavljević, N. (2019): Uspon i pad demokratije posle petog oktobra. [The Rise of the Fall of Democracy after the October 5]. Beograd: Arhipelag.
- Zgaga, B. (2020): Janšina Slovenija u vrijeme pandemije koronavirusa preko noći postaje vojna država. [During Pandemic, Janša’s Slovenia Transforms into Military State Overenight.] Nacional. no. 1144.
- Wilson, M.C. – Medzihorsky, J. – Maerz, S.F. – Lindenfors, P. – Edgell, A.B. – Boese, V.A. – Lindberg, S.I. (2022): Episodes of liberalization in autocracies: a new approach to quantitatively studying democratization. Political Science Research and Methods doi:10.1017/psrm.2022.11.
- Wright, J. (2009): How Foreign Aid Can Foster Democratization in Authoritarian Regimes. American Journal of Political Science 53(3): 552–571.
- Zakošek, Nenad. (2020a): Croatia. In M. Brändle et al, Democracy and the State of Emergency. Political Battles Emerging out of the Corona Crisis in the Western Balkans, Croatia and Slovenia. Report One. Belgrade: Friedrich Ebert Stiftung: 12–15.
- Zakošek, N. (2020b): Croatia. M. Brändle et al, Democracy and the State of Emergency. Political Battles Emerging out of the Corona Crisis in the Western Balkans, Croatia and Slovenia. Report Two. Belgrade: Friedrich Ebert Stiftung: 13–16.