Levitsky, Steven. <br/><br/>
How democracies die / 
Steven Levitsky & Daniel Ziblatt. 
 - London :  Penguin Books,  2019. 
 - 312 p. 
<br/><br/> Reprint. Originally published: 2018. 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references and index. 
<br/><br/>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. 
<br/><br/> 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. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9780241381359 (pbk.) 0241381355 (pbk.) 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Democracy.<br/>Political culture.<br/>Democracy--United States.<br/>Political culture--United States.
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Geographic Terms: </label><br/>United States--Politics and government--2017-
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>JC423  / .L422 2019a