People vs. democracy why our freedom is in danger and how to save it

By:

Mounk, Yascha

Material type: Text

TextPublication details: London Harvard University Press 2019Description: 393p. some illustrations 22 cmISBN:

9780674245020

Other title:

People versus democracy

Subject(s):

DDC classification:

321.8 23 MO-P

LOC classification:

JC423 .M685 2018

Contents:

Introduction: Losing our illusions -- Part 1. The crisis of liberal democracy: Democracy without rights -- Rights without democracy -- Democracy is deconsolidating -- Part 2. Origins: Social media -- Economic stagnation -- Identity -- Part 3. Remedies: Domesticating nationalism -- Fixing the economy -- Renewing civic faith -- Conclusion: Fighting for our convictions.

Summary: From India to Turkey, from Poland to the United States, authoritarian populists have seized power. Two core components of liberal democracy--individual rights and the popular will--are at war, putting democracy itself at risk. In plain language, Yascha Mounk describes how we got here, where we need to go, and why there is little time left to waste.--

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Includes bibliographical references (pages [269]-357) and index.

From India to Turkey, from Poland to the United States, authoritarian populists have seized power. Two core components of liberal democracy--individual rights and the popular will--are at war, putting democracy itself at risk. In plain language, Yascha Mounk describes how we got here, where we need to go, and why there is little time left to waste.--

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