01594cam a2200313Mi 4500 on1084729957 OCoLC ta 210519r20192018enk e b 001 0 eng 9780241381359 (pbk.) 0241381355 (pbk.) (OCoLC)1084729957 (OCoLC)1079327788 JC423 .L422 2019a Levitsky, Steven. How democracies die / Steven Levitsky & Daniel Ziblatt. London : Penguin Books, 2019. 312 p. Reprint. Originally published: 2018. Includes bibliographical references and index. 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. 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. Democracy. Political culture. Democracy United States. Political culture United States. United States Politics and government 2017- Ziblatt, Daniel, 1972- lcc BK 0 0 0 0 PNLIB PNLIB GEN 2021-06-17 JC423 .L422 2019a PNLIB21062162 2021-06-17 2021-06-17 BK 2349 2349