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The people vs. democracy : why our freedom is in danger and how to save it / Yascha Mounk.
LIBRA JC423 .M685 2018
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Mounk, Yascha, 1982- author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Democracy.
- Populism.
- Authoritarianism.
- Human rights.
- Political participation.
- POLITICAL SCIENCE / History & Theory.
- POLITICAL SCIENCE / Political Ideologies / Democracy.
- PHILOSOPHY / Political.
- Local Subjects:
- POLITICAL SCIENCE / History & Theory.
- POLITICAL SCIENCE / Political Ideologies / Democracy.
- PHILOSOPHY / Political.
- Physical Description:
- 393 pages ; 22 cm
- Other Title:
- People versus democracy
- Place of Publication:
- Cambridge, Massachusetts : Harvard University Press, 2018.
- 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.-- Provided by publisher.
- Contents:
- Introduction: Losing our illusions
- Part I. The crisis of liberal democracy: Democracy without rights
- Rights without democracy
- Democracy is deconsolidating
- Part II. Origins: Social media
- Economic stagnation
- Identity
- Part III. Remedies: Domesticating nationalism
- Fixing the economy
- Renewing civic faith
- Conclusion: Fighting for our convictions.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 9780674976825
- 0674976827
- OCLC:
- 1011548048
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