The People vs. Democracy: Why Our Freedom Is in Danger and How to Save It
Mar 2018 · Harvard University Press
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“Everyone worried about the state of contemporary politics should read this book.”
—Anne-Marie Slaughter
“A trenchant survey from 1989, with its democratic euphoria, to the current map of autocratic striving.”
—David Remnick, New Yorker
The world is in turmoil. From Russia and Turkey across Europe to the United States, authoritarian populists have seized power as two core components of liberal democracy—individual rights and the popular will—are increasingly at war. As the role of money in politics has soared, a system of “rights without democracy” has taken hold. Populists who rail against this say they want to return power to the people. But in practice they create something just as bad: a system of “democracy without rights.” Yascha Mounk offers a clear and trenchant analysis of what ails our democracy and what it will take to get it back on track.
“Democracy is going through its worst crisis since the 1930s... But what exactly is the nature of this crisis? And what is driving it? The People vs. Democracy stands out in a crowded field for the quality of its answers to these questions.”
—The Economist
“Brilliant... As this superb book makes clear, we need both the liberal framework and the democracy, and bringing them back together is the greatest challenge of our time.”
—Los Angeles Times
“Extraordinary...provides a clear, concise, persuasive, and insightful account of the conditions that made liberal democracy work—and how the breakdown in those conditions is the source of the current crisis of democracy around the world.”
—The Guardian
“Everyone worried about the state of contemporary politics should read this book.”
—Anne-Marie Slaughter
“A trenchant survey from 1989, with its democratic euphoria, to the current map of autocratic striving.”
—David Remnick, New Yorker
The world is in turmoil. From Russia and Turkey across Europe to the United States, authoritarian populists have seized power as two core components of liberal democracy—individual rights and the popular will—are increasingly at war. As the role of money in politics has soared, a system of “rights without democracy” has taken hold. Populists who rail against this say they want to return power to the people. But in practice they create something just as bad: a system of “democracy without rights.” Yascha Mounk offers a clear and trenchant analysis of what ails our democracy and what it will take to get it back on track.
“Democracy is going through its worst crisis since the 1930s... But what exactly is the nature of this crisis? And what is driving it? The People vs. Democracy stands out in a crowded field for the quality of its answers to these questions.”
—The Economist
“Brilliant... As this superb book makes clear, we need both the liberal framework and the democracy, and bringing them back together is the greatest challenge of our time.”
—Los Angeles Times
“Extraordinary...provides a clear, concise, persuasive, and insightful account of the conditions that made liberal democracy work—and how the breakdown in those conditions is the source of the current crisis of democracy around the world.”
—The Guardian
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Martin Luther
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January 27, 2020
Yascha is Neither American or German or even Christian and does Not comprehend American History,People or Culture, the fact America is a Democratic Republic Not a "liberal democracy" escapes him. Why is it Always foreign alien merchants trying to tell us incorrectly about our history, our nation,our people and our religion?!A: It's deliberate fabian/frankfurt school communist brainwash.
Bruce Stark (King_Lothos MC)
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December 16, 2019
The problem i take from this book is that the author dosent get the fact that america was never a "Democracy" liberal or otherwise. America is a Democratic Republic! As to the liberal stance he is taking toward how Trump is trying to muzzle freedom of speach from decenting viewpoints is untrue. The muzzling I see is from the Media itself as it is no longer reporting news but giving an opinion of the events geared to the political left. I would say toss this back to the kitchen it is not done or ready for consumption. It lacks research or context.
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Mireya Villavicencio
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January 24, 2020
Right Remember.
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