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How democracies die / Steven Levitsky & Daniel Ziblatt.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublication details: London : Penguin Books, 2019.Description: 312 pISBN:
  • 9780241381359 (pbk.)
  • 0241381355 (pbk.)
Subject(s): LOC classification:
  • JC423 .L422 2019a
Contents:
Fateful alliances -- Gatekeeping in America -- The great Republican abdication -- Subverting democracy -- The guardrails of democracy -- The unwritten rules of American politics -- The unraveling -- Trump's first year: an authoritarian report card -- Saving democracy.
Summary: In the twenty-first century democracy is threatened like never before. Drawing on insightful lessons from across history -- from Pinochet's murderous Chilean regime to Erdogan's quiet dismantling in Turkey -- Harvard professors Steven Levitsky and Daniel Ziblatt explain why democracies fail, how leaders like Trump subvert them today and what each of us can do to protect our democratic rights.
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Reprint. Originally published: 2018.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Fateful alliances -- Gatekeeping in America -- The great Republican abdication -- Subverting democracy -- The guardrails of democracy -- The unwritten rules of American politics -- The unraveling -- Trump's first year: an authoritarian report card -- Saving democracy.

In the twenty-first century democracy is threatened like never before. Drawing on insightful lessons from across history -- from Pinochet's murderous Chilean regime to Erdogan's quiet dismantling in Turkey -- Harvard professors Steven Levitsky and Daniel Ziblatt explain why democracies fail, how leaders like Trump subvert them today and what each of us can do to protect our democratic rights.

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