Andrea Cassani is Research Fellow at the Department of Social and Political Sciences of the Università degli Studi di Milano, Italy. His work has been published in journals such as International Political Science Review, Italian Political Science Review, Africa Spectrum, European Journal of Political Research, Contemporary Politics, and European Political Science.

Luca Tomini is Chercheur Qualifié FNRS (Research Associate Professor) at the Centre d'Etude de la Vie Politique of the Université Libre de Bruxelles (ULB), Belgium. His work has been published in journals such as European Journal of Political Research, Europe-Asia Studies, Comparative European Politics, Journal of Contemporary Central and Eastern Europe. He is the author of the book When Democracies Collapse (2017).

Chapter 1 Introduction: from democratization to autocratization

1.1 Introduction

1.2 The world of autocratization studies

1.3 Defining autocratization, mapping the phenomenon, studying the modes

1.4 Plan of the book

Chapter 2 What autocratization is

2.1 Introduction

2.2 Conceptual disagreement in the debate on regime change opposite to democratization

2.3 Autocratization as an analytical approach

2.4 Autocratization and its different forms

2.5 A typology of autocratization

2.6 What autocratization is not (and a few controversial cases)

2.7 Concluding remarks

Chapter 3 Trends of post-Cold War autocratization

3.1 Introduction

3.2 Measuring autocratization

3.3 Trends of autocratization, 1990-2015

3.4 Concluding remarks

Chapter 4 Modes of post-Cold War autocratization

4.1 Introduction

4.2 What we know about how autocratization happens

4.3 A new classification of autocratization modes

4.4 Modes of autocratization, 1990-2015

4.5 Matching modes and forms autocratization: A Qualitative Comparative Analysis

4.6 Concluding remarks

Chapter 5 Cases of post-Cold War autocratization

5.1 Introduction

5.2 Ecuador, 2006: from liberal democracy to defective democracy

5.3 Moldova, 2001: from defective democracy to electoral autocracy

5.4 Thailand, 2006 and 2014: from defective democracy to closed autocracy

5.5 Rwanda, 2015: from electoral autocracy to closed autocracy

5.6 Concluding remarks

Chapter 6 Conclusion: patterns of post-Cold War autocratization

6.1 Introduction

6.2 A framework for comparative autocratization

6.3 Patterns of post-Cold War autocratization

6.4 Avenues for future research