The people vs. democracy : why our freedom is in danger and how to save it / Yascha Mounk.
By: Mounk, Yascha [author.].
Material type: BookPublisher: Cambridge : Massachusetts: Harvard University Press, 2018Description: 393 p.ISBN: 9780674976825.Subject(s): Democracia | Populismo | Autoritarismo | Direitos Humanos | Participação PolíticaDDC classification: 321.8Item type | Current location | Collection | Call number | Copy number | Status | Date due | Barcode |
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Livro Geral | Biblioteca Graciliano Ramos | Livro Geral | 4.08 M9282p (Browse shelf) | Ex. 1 | Available | 2019-0011 |
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Introduction: Losing our illusions Part One: The crisis of liberal democracy -- 1. Democracy without rights -- 2. Rights without democracy -- 3. Democracy is deconsolidating Part Two: Origins -- 4. Social media -- 5. Economic stagnation -- 6. Identity Part three: Remedies -- 7. Domesticating nationalism -- 8. Fixing the economy -- 9. 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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