Daniel Ziblatt
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Language
English
Description
"Co-Winner of the 2007 Best Book Award, European Politics and Society Section of the American Political Science Association" "Winner of the 2004 Gabriel Almond Award for Best Dissertation in Comparative Politics, American Political Science Association" "Winner of the 2003 Ernst B. Haas Prize for Best Dissertation in European Politics, American Political Science Association" Daniel Ziblatt is associate professor of government and social studies at...
Author
Language
English
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Description
"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,...
Author
Publisher
Crown
Pub. Date
2023.
Edition
First edition.
Language
English
Description
"America is undergoing a massive experiment: it is moving, in fits and starts, toward a multiracial democracy, something few societies have ever done. But the prospect of change has sparked an authoritarian backlash that threatens the very foundations of our political system. Why is democracy under assault here, and not in other wealthy, diversifying nations? And what can we do to save it? ... [The authors present a] framework for understanding these...
