The 2008 crisis accelerated a decades-long party democracy decline

Evidence

The democratic vacuum, in turn, resulted from both short-term dynamics and long-term tendencies: while its origins lay in the ramshackle elite management of the 2008 crisis, their blunders only accelerated the decline of party democracy that had already been underway for decades. — Arthur Borriello and Anton Jäger, The Populist Moment, 85

Categorization

• recurring: this claim recurs 2 times within its source
• XREF: connects to: The 2008 crisis merely accelerated a party-democracy decline dating to 1973. — Arthur Borriello and Anton Jäger, The Populist Moment: The Left After the…, 129; Left parties struggled to comprehend the swift neoliberal resurgence after 2008 — Philip Mirowski, Never Let a Serious Crisis Go to Waste, 9; The 2008 crisis strengthened rather than weakened the political right — Philip Mirowski, Never Let a Serious Crisis Go to Waste, 8 (+5 more)

Broader Connections

• The 2008 crisis merely accelerated a party-democracy decline dating to 1973. #corroborates (0.98) — Arthur Borriello and Anton Jäger, The Populist Moment, 129
• The European party system reigned unchallenged for barely four decades #corroborates (0.85) — Hannah Arendt, The Origins of Totalitarianism, 664
• The 2008 crisis strengthened rather than weakened the political right #qualifies (0.72) — Philip Mirowski, Never Let a Serious Crisis Go to Waste, 8
• The neoliberal state hollowed out parties to escape mass democracy’s brake on capital #expands (0.72)
• Left parties struggled to comprehend the swift neoliberal resurgence after 2008 #qualifies (0.70) — Philip Mirowski, Never Let a Serious Crisis Go to Waste, 9
• The 2008 crisis disoriented the left instead of vindicating its economic worldview #qualifies (0.70) — Philip Mirowski, Never Let a Serious Crisis Go to Waste, 46