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Larry Diamond (J Democracy 26, 2015) in his influential article “Facing up to the Democratic Recession” contended that by the early 2010s, the once-unwavering march to the “end of history” was slowing down and, in fact, appeared to be coming to an end.
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Wong, J. (2019). Democratic Resilience in South Korea and Taiwan. In: van Beek, U. (eds) Democracy under Threat. Challenges to Democracy in the 21st Century. Palgrave Macmillan, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-89453-9_8
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