{"id":55550,"date":"2025-07-26T19:23:55","date_gmt":"2025-07-26T19:23:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/observatorio-democracia.pt\/?p=55550"},"modified":"2026-10-12T19:28:47","modified_gmt":"2026-10-12T19:28:47","slug":"democracy-report-2025-25-years-autocratization","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/observatorio-democracia.pt\/en\/democracy-report-2025-25-years-autocratization\/","title":{"rendered":"Democracy Report 2025: 25 Years of Autocratization"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>Democracy Report 2025: 25 Years of Autocratization<\/h2>\n<p data-pm-slice=\"1 1 []\">The Portuguese edition of the <strong>Democracy Report 2025: 25 Years of Autocratization \u2013 Democracy Trumped?<\/strong> is now available. The publication is part of the international Varieties of Democracy (V-Dem) project, with the Portuguese edition produced through a joint initiative of the <strong>V-Dem Regional Centre for Southern Europe<\/strong> and the <strong>Centre for International Studies at Iscte (CEI-Iscte)<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>This second Portuguese-language edition examines global trends in democratization and autocratization, paying particular attention to the political and social transformations experienced by Portuguese-speaking countries over recent decades.<\/p>\n<p>For the first time, the report includes an entire section dedicated to the Lusophone world, featuring <strong>17 original articles<\/strong> exploring different political and institutional trajectories. Its historical scope extends from Portugal&#8217;s Carnation Revolution of 25 April 1974 to Timor-Leste&#8217;s democratic transition in the 2000s.<\/p>\n<p>By examining these diverse political experiences, the publication seeks to contribute to a comparative understanding of the progress, challenges and inequalities that have shaped democratic development across Portuguese-speaking countries, placing these developments within the broader international trends identified by V-Dem.<\/p>\n<p><strong>The complete Portuguese-language report is available to read and download <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.v-dem.net\/documents\/63\/V-DemDemocracyReport_portuguese_2025_lowres.pdf\"><strong>here<\/strong><\/a><strong>.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><em>Adapted from an article originally published by <\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/cei.iscte-iul.pt\/2025\/07\/relatorio-da-democracia-2025-25-anos-de-autocratizacao\/\"><em>CEI-Iscte<\/em><\/a><em> on 26 July 2025.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Portuguese edition of the Democracy Report 2025: 25 Years of Autocratization \u2013 Democracy Trumped? is now available. 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