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The people vs. democracy : why our freedom is in danger and how to save it /Yascha Mounk

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublisher number: Atlantic Publishers & Distributors (P) Ltd. | ;7/22, Ansari Road, Darya Ganj, New Delhi-110002Publication details: Cambridge, Massachusetts : Harvard University Press , 2018Description: 393 pages ; 22 cmISBN:
  • 9780674976825
Subject(s): Genre/Form: DDC classification:
  • 321.8 MOU
Contents:
Introduction : Losing our illusions -- Part one. The crisis of liberal democracy. Democracy without rights -- Rights without democracy -- Democracy is deconsolidating -- Part two. Origins. Social media -- Economic stagnation -- Identity -- Part three. Remedies. Domesticating nationalism -- Fixing the economy -- Renewing civic faith -- Conclusion : Fighting for our convictions.
Summary: From India to Turkey, from Poland to the United States, authoritarian populists have seized power. Two core components of liberal democracy--individual rights and the popular will--are at war, putting democracy itself at risk. In plain language, Yascha Mounk describes how we got here, where we need to go, and why there is little time left to waste
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Introduction : Losing our illusions --
Part one. The crisis of liberal democracy. Democracy without rights --
Rights without democracy --
Democracy is deconsolidating --
Part two. Origins. Social media --
Economic stagnation --
Identity --
Part three. Remedies. Domesticating nationalism --
Fixing the economy --
Renewing civic faith --
Conclusion : Fighting for our convictions.


From India to Turkey, from Poland to the United States, authoritarian populists have seized power. Two core components of liberal democracy--individual rights and the popular will--are at war, putting democracy itself at risk. In plain language, Yascha Mounk describes how we got here, where we need to go, and why there is little time left to waste

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