Personalist Politics, Democracy, and the Path Ahead

Author:

Frantz Erica,Kendall-Taylor Andrea,Wright Joseph

Abstract

Abstract This chapter summarizes the book’s key findings. The analyses show that ruling party personalism erodes democracy, even raising the risk of democratic collapse. Because key actors in personalist political parties lack the incentive and capacity to restrain the leadership, these leaders succeed in loosening executive constraints. This in turn triggers political polarization and reduces supporters’ commitment to democratic norms of behaviour, all of which sets the stage for personalist leaders to push the countries they rule towards authoritarianism. The message of the book is clear: the rise of personalist politics and the elected strongmen that lead them poses a serious challenge for democracy. The chapter closes by discussing the path ahead. It identifies the major policy implications to emerge from the book’s findings, suggesting that efforts to strengthen programmatic party building and disincentivize party personalization will be critical to protecting democracy from the new threat it faces from within.

Publisher

Oxford University PressOxford

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