NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER â€¢Â â€œComprehensive, enlightening, and terrifyingly timely.â€â€”TheÂ New York Times Book Review (Editors'

How Democracies Die

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER â€¢Â â€œComprehensive, enlightening, and terrifyingly timely.â€â€”TheÂ New York Times Book Review (Editors' Choice)

WINNER OF THE GOLDSMITH BOOK PRIZE â€¢ SHORTLISTED FOR THE LIONEL GELBER PRIZE â€¢ NAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY The Washington Post â€¢ Time â€¢ Foreign Affairs â€¢ WBUR â€¢ Paste

Donald Trumpâ€™s presidency has raised a question that many of us never thought weâ€™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 bangâ€”in a revolution or military coupâ€”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 dieâ€”and how ours can be saved.

Praise for How Democracies Die

â€œWhat we desperately need is a sober, dispassionate look at the current state of affairs. Steven Levitsky and Daniel Ziblatt, two of the most respected scholars in the field of democracy studies, offer just that.â€â€”TheÂ Washington Post

â€œWhere Levitsky and Ziblatt make their mark is in weaving together political science and historical analysis of both domestic and international democratic crises; in doing so, they expand the conversation beyond Trump and before him, to other countries and to the deep structure of American democracy and politics.â€â€”Ezra Klein,Â Vox

â€œIf you only read one book for the rest of the year, readÂ How Democracies Die. . . .This is not a book for just Democrats or Republicans. It is a book for all Americans. It is nonpartisan. It is fact based. It is deeply rooted in history. . . . The best commentary on our politics, no contest.â€â€”Michael Morrell, former Acting Director of the Central Intelligence Agency (via Twitter)

â€œA smart and deeply informed book about the ways in which democracy is being undermined in dozens of countries around the world, and in ways that are perfectly legal.â€â€”Fareed Zakaria,Â CNN
Country USA
Brand Broadway Books
Manufacturer Crown
Binding Paperback
ItemPartNumber 9781524762940
Color Silver
ReleaseDate 2019-01-08
UnitCount 1
EANs 9781524762940

Country	USA
Brand	Broadway Books
Manufacturer	Crown
Binding	Paperback
ItemPartNumber	9781524762940
Color	Silver
ReleaseDate	2019-01-08
UnitCount	1
EANs	9781524762940

How Democracies Die

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