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How democracy is dying
Harvard University professors show how democracy is dying - and how it can still be saved.
When Donald Trump won the election, many asked the question no one thought we would ask: Is democracy in the USA in danger? Steven Levitsky and Daniel Ziblatt, professors at Harvard University, have been studying the breakdown of democracies in Europe and Latin America for more than twenty years. They both think the answer to the above question is yes. Democracy today is no longer dying with a bang - during revolutions or military coups - but slowly, through the steady weakening of the "watchdogs of democracy", i.e. the judiciary and the press, and the increasing erosion of basic political norms. However, we still have the option of leaving the path to authoritarianism.
Levitsky and Ziblatt build on decades of research and a wide range of historical and global examples spanning from 1930s Europe to present-day Hungary, from Turkey and Venezuela to the American South during the Jim Crow laws. They show how democracy is dying - and how it can still be saved.
They wrote about How Democracy Dies
"A book that is definitely worth reading. On the whole, the title takes you through the system of American democracy with all its advantages and disadvantages in great detail. This is not some one-sided propaganda piece, but a nice description of how things work in reality, and in the present, and just are. As a bonus, I also see the chapter on the downfalls of Latin American democracies. I definitely recommend it! "
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"A perfect analysis of the current state of democracy, not only in the US. I particularly appreciate the readably written informed analyses of the many political crises of the 20th century in Europe and South America, but the chapters on the development of the American constitutional system are also interesting. "
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About the authors
Steven Levitsky (1968) is an American political scientist and professor at Harvard University. He focuses on authoritarian systems and democracies, party systems and political parties; specializes mainly in Latin America. He is the author or co-author of Transforming Labor-Based Parties in Latin America (2003), Competitive Authoritarianism (2010), and co-editor of Argentine Democracy (2005) and Informal Institutions and Democracy (2006).
Daniel Ziblatt (1972) is a professor at Harvard University and his area of interest is democratization and the breakdown of democracy, with an emphasis on Europe from the 19th century to the present. He is the author of Conservative Parties and the Birth of Democracy (2017), which won the Woodrow Wilson Prize for the best book in political science and international relations, among three other awards. His first book was Structuring the State. The Formation of Italy and Germany and the Puzzle of Federalism (2006).
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