ABSTRACT
This conclusion presents some closing thoughts on the key concepts discussed in the preceding chapters of this book. The book discusses the idea that the study of the reverse process should be developed independently from the previous findings of the democratization literature. It explores the results obtained through Qualitative Comparative Analysis (QCA) were used to deepen the knowledge on the process of change through a process-tracing technique, highlighting in particular the role of the major actors, civilian and military, and the causal mechanisms. The book explains the transition from democratic rule has been conceived as a specific type of reverse process within the overall phenomenon of autocratization, i.e. the change toward autocracy. It demonstrates that the threat to the democratic regime does not necessarily come only from the incumbent political forces, but it often arises and develops directly or indirectly outside the institutions and within the opposition actors.
