Are Neoliberalism and Globalization Undermining Democracy?

From recent research:

Neoliberalism and globalization are two distinct yet interrelated processes that began to spread across the world in the 1970s and 1980s. Neoliberalism aims to limit the role of the government in the economy; globalization creates an interconnected world and removes barriers between countries. Some scholars argue that these processes have contributed to the democratic recession—the current weakening of democratic institutions around the world—by giving rise to populism. Our research evaluates this claim using data from more than 140 countries between 1980 and 2022. … [We] find no evidence to corro