Tyranny of the minority : how to reverse an authoritarian turn, and forge a democracy for all / Steven Levitsky & Daniel Ziblatt.
By: Levitsky, Steven [author.]
Contributor(s): Ziblatt, Daniel [author.]Publisher: UK : Viking, 2023Description: 368 pages ; 23 cmContent type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 9780241586204Subject(s): Representative government and representation -- United States | Democracy -- Social aspects -- United States | Social change -- Political aspects -- United States | United States -- Politics and government -- 21st centuryDDC classification: 320.4730905 LOC classification: JK1021 | .L48 2023Summary: In this analysis of one of the most important issues facing us today, leading Harvard professors Steven Levitsky and Daniel Ziblatt offer a dire warning about right-wing efforts to undermine multiracial democracy. Exploring the 2024 American election and the Capitol riots, as well as global examples from history including post-1945 Germany and Brazil and Chile during the '60s and '70s, the authors show how ossified political conventions can be pernicious enablers of minority rule, creating a situation in which partisan minorities can consistently thwart and even rule over popular majorities. With its urgent call for a radical reform of our antiquated institutions for the benefit of the majority, and a citizens' movement to put enough pressure on lawmakers to act before it's too late, 'Tyranny of the Minority' is a must-read for every participant in the emerging democratic reform movement.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
In this analysis of one of the most important issues facing us today, leading Harvard professors Steven Levitsky and Daniel Ziblatt offer a dire warning about right-wing efforts to undermine multiracial democracy. Exploring the 2024 American election and the Capitol riots, as well as global examples from history including post-1945 Germany and Brazil and Chile during the '60s and '70s, the authors show how ossified political conventions can be pernicious enablers of minority rule, creating a situation in which partisan minorities can consistently thwart and even rule over popular majorities. With its urgent call for a radical reform of our antiquated institutions for the benefit of the majority, and a citizens' movement to put enough pressure on lawmakers to act before it's too late, 'Tyranny of the Minority' is a must-read for every participant in the emerging democratic reform movement.