Name: How Democracies die
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Author: Steven Levitsky
ISBN: 9781984825773

Type

Physical Book

Author

Steven Levitsky

Publisher

Random House Lcc Us

Year

2019

Language

English

Pages

385

Format

Paperback

ISBN13

9781984825773

Edition No.

Synopsis "How Democracies die "

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.

Steven Levitsky

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Steven Levitsky is an American political scientist born in 1968 in Ithaca, New York. He is a professor of Government and Latin American Studies at Harvard University and director of the David Rockefeller Center for Latin American Studies. His research focuses on comparative democracy, authoritarian regimes, and political institutions, with a special emphasis on Latin America. Levitsky is known for his work on competitive authoritarian regimes and his analysis of informal institutions in politics

Among his most notable works is How Democracies Die (2018), co-written with Daniel Ziblatt, which examines how elected leaders can gradually undermine democratic institutions. This book was awarded the NDR Kultur Sachbuchpreis in 2018 and the Goldsmith Book Prize in 2019.

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