When Democracy Died
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How Democracies Die
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Author : Steven Levitsky
language : en
Publisher: Crown
Release Date : 2018-01-16
How Democracies Die written by Steven Levitsky and has been published by Crown this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2018-01-16 with Political Science categories.
NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • “Comprehensive, enlightening, and terrifyingly timely.”—The New York Times Book Review (Editors' Choice) WINNER OF THE GOLDSMITH BOOK PRIZE • SHORTLISTED FOR THE LIONEL GELBER PRIZE • NAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY The Washington Post • Time • Foreign Affairs • WBUR • Paste 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, Turkey, and Venezuela, to the American South during Jim Crow, Levitsky and Ziblatt show how democracies die—and how ours can be saved. Praise for How Democracies Die “What we desperately need is a sober, dispassionate look at the current state of affairs. Steven Levitsky and Daniel Ziblatt, two of the most respected scholars in the field of democracy studies, offer just that.”—The Washington Post “Where Levitsky and Ziblatt make their mark is in weaving together political science and historical analysis of both domestic and international democratic crises; in doing so, they expand the conversation beyond Trump and before him, to other countries and to the deep structure of American democracy and politics.”—Ezra Klein, Vox “If you only read one book for the rest of the year, read How Democracies Die. . . .This is not a book for just Democrats or Republicans. It is a book for all Americans. It is nonpartisan. It is fact based. It is deeply rooted in history. . . . The best commentary on our politics, no contest.”—Michael Morrell, former Acting Director of the Central Intelligence Agency (via Twitter) “A smart and deeply informed book about the ways in which democracy is being undermined in dozens of countries around the world, and in ways that are perfectly legal.”—Fareed Zakaria, CNN
When Democracy Died
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Author : Hans-Lukas Kieser
language : en
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Release Date : 2023-04-30
When Democracy Died written by Hans-Lukas Kieser and has been published by Cambridge University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2023-04-30 with History categories.
The Treaty of Lausanne, signed in Switzerland in July 1923, officially settled the conflict between the Ottoman Empire and the Allied forces. Not only did the Treaty establish the borders of the modern Turkish republic, but it also defined boundaries, political systems, and understandings of citizenship in the newly formed post-Ottoman nation-states. Here, Hans-Lukas Kieser recounts how the eight dramatic months of the Lausanne Conference concluded more than ten years of war and genocide in the late Ottoman Empire. Crucially, the Treaty was in favour of a homogeneous Turkish state in Asia Minor and became the basis for the compulsory 'unmixing of people' that facilitated the persecution of minority groups, including Armenians, Kurds, and Arabs. Not only did this significant yet oft-overlooked treaty mark the end of the League of Nations' project of self-determination and security for small peoples, but it was crucial in shaping the modern Middle East, and dictatorships in Turkey and Europe.
The Day Democracy Died
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Author : George G. Gilman
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1977
The Day Democracy Died written by George G. Gilman and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1977 with English fiction categories.
The Life And Death Of Democracy
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Author : John Keane
language : en
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
Release Date : 2009-06-01
The Life And Death Of Democracy written by John Keane and has been published by Simon and Schuster this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2009-06-01 with History categories.
John Keane's The Life and Death of Democracy will inspire and shock its readers. Presenting the first grand history of democracy for well over a century, it poses along the way some tough and timely questions: can we really be sure that democracy had its origins in ancient Greece? How did democratic ideals and institutions come to have the shape they do today? Given all the recent fanfare about democracy promotion, why are many people now gripped by the feeling that a bad moon is rising over all the world's democracies? Do they indeed have a future? Or is perhaps democracy fated to melt away, along with our polar ice caps? The work of one of Britain's leading political writers, this is no mere antiquarian history. Stylishly written, this superb book confronts its readers with an entirely fresh and irreverent look at the past, present and future of democracy. It unearths the beginnings of such precious institutions and ideals as government by public assembly, votes for women, the secret ballot, trial by jury and press freedom. It tracks the changing, hotly disputed meanings of democracy and describes quite a few of the extraordinary characters, many of them long forgotten, who dedicated their lives to building or defending democracy. And it explains why democracy is still potentially the best form of government on earth -- and why democracies everywhere are sleepwalking their way into deep trouble.
The Death Of Democracy
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Author : Benjamin Carter Hett
language : en
Publisher: Henry Holt and Company
Release Date : 2018-04-03
The Death Of Democracy written by Benjamin Carter Hett and has been published by Henry Holt and Company this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2018-04-03 with History categories.
A riveting account of how the Nazi Party came to power and how the failures of the Weimar Republic and the shortsightedness of German politicians allowed it to happen. Why did democracy fall apart so quickly and completely in Germany in the 1930s? How did a democratic government allow Adolf Hitler to seize power? In The Death of Democracy, Benjamin Carter Hett answers these questions, and the story he tells has disturbing resonances for our own time. To say that Hitler was elected is too simple. He would never have come to power if Germany’s leading politicians had not responded to a spate of populist insurgencies by trying to co-opt him, a strategy that backed them into a corner from which the only way out was to bring the Nazis in. Hett lays bare the misguided confidence of conservative politicians who believed that Hitler and his followers would willingly support them, not recognizing that their efforts to use the Nazis actually played into Hitler’s hands. They had willingly given him the tools to turn Germany into a vicious dictatorship. Benjamin Carter Hett is a leading scholar of twentieth-century Germany and a gifted storyteller whose portraits of these feckless politicians show how fragile democracy can be when those in power do not respect it. He offers a powerful lesson for today, when democracy once again finds itself embattled and the siren song of strongmen sounds ever louder.
How Democracy Ends
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Author : David Runciman
language : en
Publisher: Profile Books
Release Date : 2018-05-10
How Democracy Ends written by David Runciman and has been published by Profile Books this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2018-05-10 with Political Science categories.
'Scintillating ... thought-provoking ... one of the very best of the great crop of recent books on the subject.' Andrew Rawnsley, Observer Democracy has died hundreds of times, all over the world. We think we know what that looks like: chaos descends and the military arrives to restore order, until the people can be trusted to look after their own affairs again. However, there is a danger that this picture is out of date. Until very recently, most citizens of Western democracies would have imagined that the end was a long way off, and very few would have thought it might be happening before their eyes as Trump, Brexit and paranoid populism have become a reality. David Runciman, one of the UK's leading professors of politics, answers all this and more as he surveys the political landscape of the West, helping us to spot the new signs of a collapsing democracy and advising us on what could come next.
The Death Of Consensus
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Author : Phil Tinline
language : en
Publisher: Hurst Publishers
Release Date : 2022-06-23
The Death Of Consensus written by Phil Tinline and has been published by Hurst Publishers this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2022-06-23 with Political Science categories.
Over Britain’s first century of mass democracy, politics has lurched from crisis to crisis. How does this history of political agony illuminate our current age of upheaval? To find out, journalist Phil Tinline takes us back to two past eras when the ruling consensus broke down, and the future filled with ominous possibilities – until, finally, a new settlement was born. How did the Great Depression’s spectres of fascism, bombing and mass unemployment force politicians to think the unthinkable, and pave the way to post-war Britain? How was Thatcher’s road to victory made possible by a decade of nightmares: of hyperinflation, military coups and communist dictatorship? And why, since the Crash in 2008, have new political threats and divisions forced us to change course once again? Tinline brings to life those times, past and present, when the great compromise holding democracy together has come apart; when the political class has been forced to make a choice of nightmares. This lively, original account of panic and chaos reveals how apparent catastrophes can clear the path to a new era. The Death of Consensus will make you see British democracy differently.
Democracy As Death
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Author : Jason Hickel
language : en
Publisher: Univ of California Press
Release Date : 2015-02-25
Democracy As Death written by Jason Hickel and has been published by Univ of California Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2015-02-25 with Social Science categories.
The revolution that brought the African National Congress (ANC) to power in South Africa was fractured by internal conflict.Ê Migrant workers from rural Zululand rejected many of the egalitarian values and policies fundamental to the ANCÕs liberal democratic platform and organized themselves in an attempt to sabotage the movement. This anti-democracy stance, which persists today as a direct critique of ÒfreedomÓ in neoliberal South Africa, hinges on an idealized vision of the rural home and a hierarchical social order crafted in part by the technologies of colonial governance over the past century.Ê In analyzing this conflict, Jason Hickel contributes to broad theoretical debates about liberalism and democratization in the postcolonial world. Democracy as Death interrogates the Western ideals of individual freedom and agency from the perspective of those who oppose such ideals, and questions the assumptions underpinning theories of anti-liberal movements. The book argues that both democracy and the political science that attempts to explain resistance to it presuppose a model of personhood native to Western capitalism, which may not operate cross-culturally.
American Political History A Very Short Introduction
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Author : Donald T. Critchlow
language : en
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Release Date : 2015-01-14
American Political History A Very Short Introduction written by Donald T. Critchlow and has been published by Oxford University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2015-01-14 with History categories.
The Founding Fathers who drafted the United States Constitution in 1787 distrusted political parties, popular democracy, centralized government, and a strong executive office. Yet the country's national politics have historically included all those features. In American Political History: A Very Short Introduction, Donald Critchlow takes on this contradiction between original theory and actual practice. This brief, accessible book explores the nature of the two-party system, key turning points in American political history, representative presidential and congressional elections, struggles to expand the electorate, and critical social protest and third-party movements. The volume emphasizes the continuity of a liberal tradition challenged by partisan divide, war, and periodic economic turmoil. American Political History: A Very Short Introduction explores the emergence of a democratic political culture within a republican form of government, showing the mobilization and extension of the mass electorate over the lifespan of the country. In a nation characterized by great racial, ethnic, and religious diversity, American democracy has proven extraordinarily durable. Individual parties have risen and fallen, but the dominance of the two-party system persists. Fierce debates over the meaning of the U.S. Constitution have created profound divisions within the parties and among voters, but a belief in the importance of constitutional order persists among political leaders and voters. Americans have been deeply divided about the extent of federal power, slavery, the meaning of citizenship, immigration policy, civil rights, and a range of economic, financial, and social policies. New immigrants, racial minorities, and women have joined the electorate and the debates. But American political history, with its deep social divisions, bellicose rhetoric, and antagonistic partisanship provides valuable lessons about the meaning and viability of democracy in the early 21st century. ABOUT THE SERIES: The Very Short Introductions series from Oxford University Press contains hundreds of titles in almost every subject area. These pocket-sized books are the perfect way to get ahead in a new subject quickly. Our expert authors combine facts, analysis, perspective, new ideas, and enthusiasm to make interesting and challenging topics highly readable.
The Death Of Democracy
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Author : Prince MICHAEL
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2019-12-09
The Death Of Democracy written by Prince MICHAEL and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2019-12-09 with categories.
This book, The Death of Democracy, is a product of several decades of painstaking efforts filled with Divine Manifestations and Divine Revelations, right from the Throne of The Almighty God, concerning judgment upon the ruler of this world - Satan, and practical realities of socio-economic and political activities on earth in general; and a chosen nation, a nation in deep darkness (Isaiah 9.2), Nigeria.It is about Democracy and a man, a Divine Personality who has been anointed and given authority from the Throne of The Almighty God to save a nation, Nigeria, as a sign and an example for other nations on earth.The book starts with introductory music by two great musicians, prophesying about 'Redemption for the Blackman' (Bob Marley) and 'Seeing the Light of God' (Sunny Okosuns). This light (John 9:5) is represented by the central character in the book, The Undertaker. It went on to introduce the origin of Democracy in the Holy Bible up to the time of King Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon and detailing how democracy spread around the world and into Nigeria during the British colonial era and how Nigeria had been battling with electoral violence, fraud, killings and all forms of malpractice right from the time of independence to the present day. It highlights how democracy died, arising from recent democratic political events in Nigeria and how successive governments have been performing, leaving the people of Nigeria in utter despair with endless electoral problems, fraud, violence, killings, socio-economic and security challenges. It is a combination of historical facts, divine revelations, divine manifestations, physical events and political evolutions spanning several decades and the spiritual activities behind the scenes beyond the ordinary that continued to shape the events in the life a nation; the roles played by forces, physical and spiritual in reshaping the destiny of the nation. It also showcases the task before a man, Divinely Anointed, with three major manifestations of the Holy Spirit and destined to lead a nation out of darkness; a nation in dire need of Divine Direction in leadership, politics, economy, social life and governance; a nation chosen before it came into existence; to serve as a light and an example for other nations on earth to follow and God's Divine Plan for his righteous children on how they should lead themselves to put an end to Satan's reign upon the surface of the earth.Readers are also entertained with accompanying inspirational music from various musicians and gospel music, climaxing with a divinely revealed music about The Undertaker.This book is highly inspirational and revolutionary; full of entertainment, suspense and Divine Revelations with several scriptural backings from Genesis to Revelation that would re-order the thinking of man. The revelation of the distance from Heaven to the Earth and the subsequent calculations on the journey from the Earth to Heaven are all aimed at addressing the heart and soul of man to re-order his steps and realize that the actions he takes on his sojourn on earth are, at best fruitless without Divine Guidance and Direction; that no amount of scientific achievements can take him to Heaven without the direction of Him who knows the way, as it is written: "I am the way, the truth and the life, no one cometh unto the father except by me (John 14:6)."It is a food for thought for all rulers and people on earth, that the life they live is in the hands of its Maker and only Him can decide their fate; that leadership is all about service and self-sacrifice, rather than self-aggrandizement, quest for power and a penchant for oppression and suppression of the people; that leadership is not about war and conquest of other peoples, races or nations but about a common direction to a definite destination, in peace, harmony, tranquility, progress and prosperity with abundant love and blessings of God for all, in equity, fairness and justice to all.