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Assignment:
1. Choose one country (Turkey, Venezuela, or Russia). Define the country as a democracy, non-democracy, or hybrid regime, and explain the reasons by using the concepts/definitions/explanations that you have learned.
2. By using V-Dem data
1) insert one graph that shows the country's democracy's backsliding trend over time. You need to insert a graph using the indicator below:
1. Election free campaign media (C) (v2elfrcamp)
2. This indicator was created based on a question: In this national election, did parties or candidates receive either free or publicly financed access to national broadcast media?
3. The indicator consists of three responses (check out the y-axis of the graph)
Category 0 (response 0): either no parties or only the governing party receives free access.
Category 1 (response 1): some parties, in addition to the government party, receive free access.
Category 2 (response 2): all parties receive free access
4. The x-axis of the graph shows years.
2) Which type of democratic backsliding does Bermeo (2016) identify as this indicator? Explain the reasons.
3) Overall, do you think that the country has experienced democratic backsliding?
3. Of the five pathways to constitutional retrogression that Huq and Ginsburg (2017) discuss, which do you believe are the most pressing threats in the US, and why?
4. According to Müller (2016), what is the difference between democracy and populism?
5. According to Svolik (2019), why do voters support politicians who undermine democracy? Do you agree/disagree with Svolik's (2019) argument, and why?