Editorial: Configurations for democratic, economic and policy shifts after popular uprisings in European neighbourhood
Year: 2026
Type: editorial
Abstract: While conventional wisdom argues that mass popular uprisings in authoritarian or hybrid regimes usually do not lead to veritable democratization, their aftermath is rarely a clear-cut return to the status quo ante or a decisive move to a new system of government, but rather a longer transitional period that is both politically ambiguous and in flux. Revolutionary moments provoke a range of impacts on institutional, relational, and normative-symbolic dynamics that allow for different outcomes—democratic gains and authoritarian reassembly—to occur simultaneously. Assessing the relationship between mass popular uprising and democratization thus requires taking a more nuanced, longitudinal approach that registers smaller-scale changes on a continuum of democracy-autocracy.
Source: Frontiers in Political Science
Authors: Sarah Anne Rennick, Bojan Vranić
Institution: University of Belgrade
Language: English
Subfield: Sociology and Political Science
Field: Social Sciences
Domain: Social Sciences
Open Access status: gold
Estimated APC paid: $1,418
OpenAlex ID: W7127988147