The Pandemic and the Crisis of Democracy in Brazil

Some claim that an erosion of democracy is occurring worldwide. There are also questions on the scope of the crisis, which countries are affected, and how to reverse it. The Covid-19 pandemic may have fostered disagreements, deepened rifts, and contributed to the definitive crystallisation of the cr...

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Autores principales:	Leonardo Avritzer, Lucio Rennó
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Publicado:	SAGE Publishing 2021
Materias:	Political science J
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spelling	oai:doaj.org-article:b87a679b6bb34ab484b37fe17bdecc682021-12-02T07:34:08ZThe Pandemic and the Crisis of Democracy in Brazil1866-802X1868-489010.1177/1866802X211022362https://doaj.org/article/b87a679b6bb34ab484b37fe17bdecc682021-12-01T00:00:00Zhttps://doi.org/10.1177/1866802X211022362https://doaj.org/toc/1866-802Xhttps://doaj.org/toc/1868-4890Some claim that an erosion of democracy is occurring worldwide. There are also questions on the scope of the crisis, which countries are affected, and how to reverse it. The Covid-19 pandemic may have fostered disagreements, deepened rifts, and contributed to the definitive crystallisation of the crisis, but it may also have engendered more moderate and compliant attitudes given the need to unify around the response to common threat. We explore the current dilemmas of democracy in the Brazilian case, focusing on how regime legitimacy, authoritarian attitudes, and support for a populist, authoritarian leader interact and are affected by the pandemic, using public opinion data from 2018 to 2020.Leonardo AvritzerLucio RennóSAGE PublishingarticlePolitical scienceJENJournal of Politics in Latin America, Vol 13 (2021)
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description	Some claim that an erosion of democracy is occurring worldwide. There are also questions on the scope of the crisis, which countries are affected, and how to reverse it. The Covid-19 pandemic may have fostered disagreements, deepened rifts, and contributed to the definitive crystallisation of the crisis, but it may also have engendered more moderate and compliant attitudes given the need to unify around the response to common threat. We explore the current dilemmas of democracy in the Brazilian case, focusing on how regime legitimacy, authoritarian attitudes, and support for a populist, authoritarian leader interact and are affected by the pandemic, using public opinion data from 2018 to 2020.
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The Pandemic and the Crisis of Democracy in Brazil

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