Some, however, seek to protect their tenure in office and to remove obstacles to their discretion in choosing policies, by undermining institutions and disabling all opposition. Most governments attempt to advance these goals by building popular support within the established institutional framework. The dream of all politicians is to remain forever in office and to use their tenure to do whatever they want.
We investigate whether a government will take anti-democratic steps, whether it can be stopped short of realizing its complete domination and whether it is likely to be removed at any stage of the process.
The subversion process series#
The effect of what we call ‘stealth’ is that if the opposition fails to stop the government from taking a particular series of legal steps, it will eventually be unable to prevent it from taking illegal ones. The striking lesson from successful cases of backsliding is that governments need not take unconstitutional or undemocratic steps to secure complete domination. The dream of all politicians is to remain forever in office and to use it to do whatever they want.
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