Title How democracies die / Steven Levitsky & Daniel Ziblatt.

Imprint	London : Penguin Books, 2019.
	©2018.

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Phys. Description	312 pages ; 20 cm
Content Type	text
Media Type	unmediated
Carrier Type	volume
Note	First published in the USA by Crown, New York 2018.
	First published in Great Britain by Viking 2018.
Bibliog.	Includes bibliographical references and index.
Summary	In the twenty-first century democracy is threatened like never before. Drawing on insightful lessons from across history -- from Pinochet's murderous Chilean regime to Erdogan's quiet dismantling in Turkey -- Harvard professors Steven Levitsky and Daniel Ziblatt explain why democracies fail, how leaders like Trump subvert them today and what each of us can do to protect our democratic rights.
Contents	Fateful alliances -- Gatekeeping in America -- The great Republican abdication -- Subverting democracy -- The guardrails of democracy -- The unwritten rules of American politics -- The unraveling -- Trump's first year: an authoritarian report card -- Saving democracy.
Subject	Democracy.
	Authoritarianism.
	Social movements.
	Abuse of administrative power.
	Political sociology.
Alt Author	Ziblatt, Daniel, 1972- author.
ISBN	9780241381359 paperback
	0241381355
LC call no.	JC423 .L4855 2019