1. Democratic Backsliding and Election Campaigns: The Case of Bihar, India • Shivani Choudhary, Yale University.

2. The Adaptation Dilemma: Race, the Republican Party, and the Roots of Democratic Backsliding • Robert Lieberman, Johns Hopkins University; Daniel Schlozman, Johns Hopkins University.

3. Elite Buy-in Revisited: The Relevance of Ziblatt’s Thesis in an Era of Democratic Backsliding • Litong Wang, Emory University.

4. Nonparticipation in Political Life in the US in the Founding Era and Today • Tingfeng Yan, University of Chicago.