Date of Award
Fall 12-17-2020
Degree Type
Thesis
Degree Name
Master of Arts (MA)
Department
Political Science
First Advisor
Robert Howard
Second Advisor
Amy Steigerwalt
Third Advisor
Charles Hankla
Abstract
This paper seeks to understand the connection between political attacks on independent judiciaries and democracy scores. This study analyzed 2700 observations of democratic countries from 1980 to 2015 to test and potentially to identify if political attacks on independent judiciaries decrease high court independence thus resulting in a decrease of democracy scores. This paper found evidence to support that political attacks on courts do negatively impact democracy scores and that there have been more political attacks on courts after 2000 than before 2000
DOI
https://doi.org/10.57709/20666436
Recommended Citation
Stinson, Miranda L., "The Effects of Political Attacks on Independent High Courts in Global Cases of Democratic Backsliding After the Cold War." Thesis, Georgia State University, 2020.
doi: https://doi.org/10.57709/20666436
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