02348cam a2200313 i 4500001001300000003000600013007000300019008004100022020002500063020002200088035002200110050002100132100002900153245008700182250001200269260003500281300001100316504004100327505013700368520127900505650002201784650001501806650002501821650002301846650003401869942001201903952010601915999001302021on1150853644OCoLCta2101  s2020    nyu      b    000 0 eng    a9780385545808 (hbk.)  a0385545800 (hbk.)  a(OCoLC)1150853644  aJC480b.A67 20201 aApplebaum, Anne, d1964-10aTwilight of democracy :bthe seductive lure of authoritarianism /cAnne Applebaum.  a1st ed.  aNew York : bDoubleday,c2020.  a206 p.  aIncludes bibliographical references.0 aNew Year's Eve -- How demagogues win -- The future of nostalgia -- Cascades of falsehood -- Prairie fire -- The unending of history.  a"A Pulitzer Prize-winning historian and journalist explains, with electrifying clarity, why some of her contemporaries have abandoned liberal democratic ideals in favor of strongman cults, nationalist movements, or one-party states. Across the world today, from the U.S. to Europe and beyond, liberal democracy is under siege while different forms of authoritarianism are on the rise. In Twilight of Democracy, prize-winning historian Anne Applebaum argues that we should not be surprised by this change: There is an inherent appeal to political systems with radically simple beliefs, especially when they benefit the loyal to the exclusion of everyone else. People are not just ideological, she contends in this captivating extended essay; they are also practical, pragmatic, opportunist. The authoritarian and nationalist parties that have arisen within modern democracies offer new paths to wealth or power for their adherents. Describing politicians, journalists, intellectuals, and others who have abandoned democratic ideals in the UK, U.S., Spain, Poland, and Hungary, Applebaum reveals the patterns that link the new advocates of illiberalism and charts how they use conspiracy theory, political polarization, social media, and nostalgia to change their societies"-- 4aAuthoritarianism. 4aDemocracy. 4aNationalist parties. 4aOne party systems. 4aWorld politicsy21st century.  2lcccBK  00104070aPNLIBbPNLIBcGENd2021-06-17oJC480 .A67 2020pPNLIB21060137r2021-06-17w2021-06-17yBK  c323d323