How Democracies Die
by Steven Levitsky /
2018 / English / EPUB
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“Cool and persuasive...
“Cool and persuasive...How Democracies Die
How Democracies Die comes
at exactly the right moment.”
comes
at exactly the right moment.”
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—The
TheWashington Post
Washington Post
Donald Trump’s presidency has raised a question that many of us
never thought we’d be asking: Is our democracy in danger? Harvard
professors Steven Levitsky and Daniel Ziblatt have spent more than
twenty years studying the breakdown of democracies in Europe and
Latin America, and they believe the answer is yes. Democracy no
longer ends with a bang—in a revolution or military coup—but with a
whimper: the slow, steady weakening of critical institutions, such
as the judiciary and the press, and the gradual erosion of
long-standing political norms. The good news is that there are
several exit ramps on the road to authoritarianism. The bad news is
that, by electing Trump, we have already passed the first
one.
Donald Trump’s presidency has raised a question that many of us
never thought we’d be asking: Is our democracy in danger? Harvard
professors Steven Levitsky and Daniel Ziblatt have spent more than
twenty years studying the breakdown of democracies in Europe and
Latin America, and they believe the answer is yes. Democracy no
longer ends with a bang—in a revolution or military coup—but with a
whimper: the slow, steady weakening of critical institutions, such
as the judiciary and the press, and the gradual erosion of
long-standing political norms. The good news is that there are
several exit ramps on the road to authoritarianism. The bad news is
that, by electing Trump, we have already passed the first
one.
Drawing on decades of research and a wide range of historical and
global examples, from 1930s Europe to contemporary Hungary, Turkey,
and Venezuela, to the American South during Jim Crow, Levitsky and
Ziblatt show how democracies die—and how ours can be saved.
Drawing on decades of research and a wide range of historical and
global examples, from 1930s Europe to contemporary Hungary, Turkey,
and Venezuela, to the American South during Jim Crow, Levitsky and
Ziblatt show how democracies die—and how ours can be saved.