http://dx.doi.org/10.17176/20171227-142237 https://verfassungsblog.de/some-thoughts-on-authoritarian-backsliding/ Some Thoughts on Authoritarian Backsliding Matczak, Marcin eng 2017-12-27 electronic resource text/html ddc:342 Authoritarianism Jaroslaw Kaczynski Verfassungsblog Verfassungsblog--2366-7044 CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 In December I took part in a number of discussions, including at two interesting conferences – one in Nijmegen (the Netherlands) and the other in Berlin. Both of these conferences were on the subject of the return of authoritarianism in Central and Eastern Europe, and I believe the points raised at them are worth sharing.