Delegitimation erodes democracy slowly rather than through crisis or coup

Evidence

Delegitimation hollows out democratic institutions little by little, day by day. It incapacitates and enervates democracy. It works slowly on democracy’s foundations by eroding not just trust in institutions but their meaning, value, and authority. — Russell Muirhead and Nancy L. Rosenblum, A Lot of People Are Saying, 42

Categorization

• XREF: connects to: Democracy can survive structurally while losing its animating meaning. — Russell Muirhead and Nancy L. Rosenblum, A Lot of People Are Saying: The New…, 381; Mistrust is democratic, delegitimation assaults democracy — Russell Muirhead and Nancy L. Rosenblum, A Lot of People Are Saying: The New…, 86; Rituals of democratic unity fail once parties deem each other illegitimate. — Russell Muirhead and Nancy L. Rosenblum, A Lot of People Are Saying: The New…, 380 (+7 more)

Broader Connections

• Neoliberal deregulation erodes democracy as politics abdicates to market pressure #expands (0.78) — Jürgen Habermas, A New Structural Transformation of the…, 81