Publisher | Penguin Books Ltd |
ISBN 13 | 9780241381359 |
ISBN 10 | 0241381355 |
Book Description | How does a democracy die? What can we do to save our own? What lessons does history teach us? In the twenty-first century democracy is threatened like never before. Drawing insightful lessons from across history - from Pinochet's murderous Chilean regime to Erdogan's quiet dismantling in Turkey - Harvard professors Steven Levitsky and Daniel Ziblatt explain why democracies fail, how leaders like Trump subvert them today and what each of us can do to protect our democratic rights |
About the Author | Steven Levitsky is an American political scientist and Professor of Government at Harvard University. A comparative political scientist, his research interests focus on Latin America and include political parties and party systems, authoritarianism and democratization, and weak and informal institutions. He also has written popular books and Daniel Ziblatt is a Professor of Government at Harvard University. Ziblatt studies Europe from the nineteenth century to the present. He is the author, most recently, of Conservative Parties and the Birth of Democracy. He has written for Vox and The New York Times, among other publications |
Language | English |
Author | Steven Levitsky, Daniel Ziblatt |
Publication Date | 3-Jan-19 |
Number of Pages | 320 |
How Democracies Die : The International Bestseller: What History Reveals About Our Future Paperback English by Steven Levitsky - 3-Jan-19