https://theloop.ecpr.eu/does-our-understanding-of-democratic-consolidation-have-a-male-bias/ ECPR's Political Science Blog Sat, 27 Sep 2025 20:06:14 +0000 hourly 1 https://theloop.ecpr.eu/does-our-understanding-of-democratic-consolidation-have-a-male-bias/#comment-52535 Sat, 27 Sep 2025 20:06:14 +0000 https://theloop.ecpr.eu/?p=24628#comment-52535 In this brilliant essay, the author argues that Huntington's "two-turnover test" for democratic consolidation has an unsettling implication: that the United States, the United Kingdom, and other long-established democracies have not truly passed the test if gender is used as a criterion. This argument not only raises methodological concerns about the adequacy of the two-turnover test but also challenges our normative understanding of democratic inclusion.

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