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Passcode : 417729<\/p>\nWarning signs are mounting: in many Western democracies, younger cohorts express weaker attachment to democratic norms. This talk advances a unified account of the micro-foundations of democratic deconsolidation, showing how citizens\u2019 democratic commitments become conditional under pressure. I argue that perceived threats\u2014whether rooted in acute security crises or in status- based anxieties \u2014 can heighten demand for protection and increase tolerance for violations of democratic rules. At the same time, a]ective polarization does not automatically erode democratic commitments; its impact depends on specific political configurations that make executive power expansion appear instrumentally attractive. Across these dynamics, democratic backsliding emerges less as a sudden institutional rupture than as a gradual reweighting of citizen priorities away from procedural constraints and toward protection, competition, and authority.<\/p>\n
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