Democracy in Decline Around the Globe Listen Download Embed Share Share this on Facebook (Opens in a new window) Share this on Twitter (Opens in a new window) Share this via Email Larry Diamond, a political sociologist at Stanford’s Hoover Institution, has found that 27 countries have experienced a breakdown in democracy between 2000 and 2015. ( Willrow Hood / Shutterstock ) Produced by Oliver Lazarus Produced by PRI and WNYC