How Democracies Die

Donald Trump's presidency has raised a question that many have never thought to ask: is American democracy in danger? Steven Levitsky and Daniel Ziblatt, both professors at Harvard, have spent more than 20 years studying the decline of democracies in Europe and Latin America, and they believe the answer to that question is "yes".

Democracies no longer collapse through revolution or coup d'état; they fall gradually, through the weakening of fundamental institutions, such as the courts and the media, and the gradual erosion of long-standing political norms. But all is not lost. Authoritarianism can be reversed.

The book to read on the current state of American politics! Drawing on decades of research and presenting various historical examples from around the world (Hungary, Turkey, Venezuela, Peru, among other countries), the authors show how democracies die and how American democracy can be saved.