Title:
The people vs. democracy : why our freedom is in danger and how to save it / Yascha Mounk.
Author:
Mounk, Yascha, 1982- author.
Publication Information:
Cambridge, Massachusetts : Harvard University Press, 2018.
©2018
Call Number:
JC423 .M7387 2018
Abstract:
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.
ISBN:
9780674976825
Physical Description:
393 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm.
Contents:
Introduction : Losing our illusions -- Part one. The crisis of liberal democracy. Democracy without rights -- Rights without democracy -- Democracy is deconsolidating -- Part two. Origins. Social media -- Economic stagnation -- Identity -- Part three. Remedies. Domesticating nationalism -- Fixing the economy -- Renewing civic faith -- Conclusion : Fighting for our convictions.
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