The crisis of liberal democracy is clearly visible today, manifesting itself,inter alia, in the declining interest of citizens in participating in elections; the disappearance, or at least weakening, of the traditional axis of social conflict between labour and capital; the growing importance of populism; attacks on democratic institutions; and the striving to centralize power by the leaders of many countries. In many countries, anti-establishment, anti-system, anti-elite and populist sentiments are on the rise, accompanied by the growing importance of anti-democratic parties. This volume aims to show universal mechanisms of de-democratization processes using the example of Poland, by searching for reliable indicators of this process. The authors examine and analyse the weakening of democratic institutions; limitation of civil liberties; growth of authoritarian tendencies; and political polarization, seeking out indicators of de-democratization phenomena in the legal-institutional, political-social and economic spheres, while also looking into actions that strengthen and protect de-democratization, which take place in the symbolic, social, political and economic spheres.The authors thus seek to expand the existing analyses of de-democratization processes in a volume which is of great use to those researching and studying democracy, the rule of law, contemporary politics and de-democratization in Poland and beyond.