Democracy in Hard Places

Scott Mainwaring, "Democracy in Hard Places"
English | ISBN: 0197598765 | 2022 | 336 pages | EPUB | 1093 KB
The last fifteen years have witnessed a "democratic recession." Democracies previously thought to be well-established-Hungary, Poland, Brazil, and even the United States-have been threatened by the rise of ultra-nationalist and populist leaders who pay lip-service to the will of the people while daily undermining the freedom and pluralism that are the foundations of democratic governance. The possibility of democratic collapse where we least expected it has added new urgency to the age-old inquiry into how democracy, once attained, can be made to last.