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SUMMARY:Laboratories of Democratic Backsliding - Jake Grumbach (University
  of Washington)
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20221011T123000
DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20221011T140000
UID:https://talks.ox.ac.uk/talks/id/35a55417-a7c1-4669-a156-09cc6a03d401/
DESCRIPTION:The Trump presidency generated concern about democratic backsl
 iding and renewed interest in measuring the national democratic performanc
 e of the United States. However\, the U.S. has a decentralized form of fed
 eralism that administers democratic institutions at the state level. Using
  51 indicators of democratic performance from 2000 to 2018\, we develop a 
 measure of subnational democratic performance\, the State Democracy Index.
  We use this measure to test theories of democratic expansion and backslid
 ing based in party competition\, polarization\, demographic change\, and t
 he group interests of national party coalitions. Difference-in-differences
  results suggest a minimal role for all factors except Republican control 
 of state government\, which dramatically reduces states' democratic perfor
 mance during this period. This result calls into question theories focused
  on changes within states. The racial\, geographic\, and economic incentiv
 es of groups in national party coalitions may instead determine the health
  of democracy in the states.\nSpeakers:\nJake Grumbach (University of Wash
 ington)
LOCATION:Nuffield College (Clay Room)\, New Road OX1 1NF
TZID:Europe/London
URL:https://talks.ox.ac.uk/talks/id/35a55417-a7c1-4669-a156-09cc6a03d401/
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