Democracy is the peaceful resolution of differences. "Peace" amidst "differences" is what allows us to call democracy in all cases. Adam Przeworski says nothing more, and he outlines the steps of democratic backsliding by governments: blatantly anti-democratic; subtle; legal but pernicious to democracy; legal and despicable to the opposition, but without affecting democracy. Sometimes this backsliding is directed against the courts, the media, or the state apparatus.