How Democracies Die

Cover Type: Softcover
Book Condition: Fine
Jacket Condition: None Issued
Publisher: Viking
Publisher Place: Australia
Publisher Year: 2018
Edition: First Edition

Description: 312 pages. Book appears to have hardly been read and is in Fine condition throughout.

Publishers Description: Two Harvard professors explain the stages in which governments collapse - and how we can prevent this. Democracies can die with a coup détat - or they can die slowly. This happens most deceptively when in piecemeal fashion, with the election of an authoritarian leader, the abuse of governmental power and the complete repression of opposition. All three steps are being taken around the world and we must all understand how we can stop them. From the rule of General Augusto Pinochet in Chile to the quiet undermining of Turkeys constitutional system by President Recip Erdogan, Harvard professors Steven Levitsky and Daniel Ziblatt draw insightful lessons from history to shine a light on regime breakdown across the 20th and 21st centuries. Based on years of research, they present a deep understanding of how and why democracies die; an alarming analysis of how democracy is being subverted today; and a guide for maintaining and repairing a threatened democracy, for governments, political parties and individuals. History doesnt repeat itself. But we can protect our democracy by learning its lessons, before its too late.

ISBN: 9780241336496