How Democracies Die
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作者: Steven Levitsky
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A bracing, revelatory look at the demise of liberal democracies around the world—and a road map for rescuing our own
Donald Trump's presidency has raised a question that many of us never thought we'd be asking: Is our democracy in danger? Harvard professors Steven Levitsky and Daniel Ziblatt have spent more than twenty years studying the breakdown of democracies in Europe and Latin America, and they believe the answer is yes. Democracy no longer ends with a bang—in a revolution or military coup—but with a whimper: the slow, steady weakening of critical institutions, such as the judiciary and the press, and the gradual erosion of long-standing political norms. The good news is that there are several exit ramps on the road to authoritarianism. The bad news is that, by electing Trump, we have already passed the first one.
Drawing on decades of research and a wide range of historical and global examples, from 1930s Europe to contemporary Hungary,...
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How Democracies Die
Cover
Title Page
Copyright
Dedication
Contents
Introduction
Chapter 1: Fateful Alliances
Chapter 2: Gatekeeping in America
Chapter 3: The Great Republican Abdication
Chapter 4: Subverting Democracy
Chapter 5: The Guardrails of Democracy
Chapter 6: The Unwritten Rules of American Politics
Chapter 7: The Unraveling
Chapter 8: Trump Against the Guardrails
Chapter 9: Saving Democracy
Acknowledgments
Endnotes