Anti-pluralism : the populist threat to liberal democracy /

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Author / Creator:Galston, William A. (William Arthur), 1946- author.
Imprint:New Haven : Yale University Press, [2018]
©2018
Description:1 online resource (xii, 158 pages)
Language:English
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Format: E-Resource Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/12647375
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Other authors / contributors:Hunter, James Davison, 1955- writer of foreword.
Owen, John M. (John Malloy), 1962- writer of foreword.
ISBN:9780300235319
0300235313
9780300228922
0300228929
9780300228922
Notes:Includes bibliographical references and index.
Online resource; title from PDF title page (Jstor, viewed July 1, 2018).
Summary:The Great Recession, institutional dysfunction, a growing divide between urban and rural prospects, and failed efforts to effectively address immigration have paved the way for a populist backlash that disrupts the postwar bargain between political elites and citizens. Whether today's populism represents a corrective to unfair and obsolete policies or a threat to liberal democracy itself remains up for debate. Yet this much is clear: these challenges indict the triumphalism that accompanied liberal democratic consolidation after the collapse of the Soviet Union. To respond to today's crisis, good leaders must strive for inclusive economic growth while addressing fraught social and cultural issues, including demographic anxiety, with frank attention. Although reforms may stem the populist tide, liberal democratic life will always leave some citizens unsatisfied. This is a permanent source of vulnerability, but liberal democracy will endure so long as citizens believe it is worth fighting for.
Other form:Print version: Galston, William A. (William Arthur), 1946- Anti-pluralism. New Haven : Yale University Press, [2018] 0300228929