TY - BOOK AU - Allan,James TI - Democracy in decline: steps in the wrong direction SN - 9780773543508 AV - JC423 .A58 2014 U1 - 321.8 23 PY - 2014/// CY - Montreal : PB - McGill-Queen's University Press, KW - Democracy KW - Anglophonie KW - fast KW - Legal Canadiana KW - osgoode hall law school N1 - Includes bibliographical references (pages 167-177) and index; Countries in decline -- Causes of decline -- Complications masking decline -- Challenges threatening more decline; Issued also in electronic format N2 - "Charts how democracy is being diluted and restricted in five of the world's oldest democracies - the United States, Canada, the United Kingdom, Australia, and New Zealand. James Allan targets four main, interconnected causes of decline - judicial activism, the transformation and growth of international law, the development of supranational organizations, and the presence of undemocratic elites."--Publishers website ER -