Tyranny of the Minority - How to Reverse an Authoritarian Turn, and Forge a Democracy for All

THE MUCH-ANTICIPATED FOLLOW-UP TO INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER HOW DEMOCRACIES DIE - essential reading ahead of the 2024 US election<BR><BR>'Tyranny of the Minority is an exceptional book, one of the best guides out there to the crisis of American democracy' Zack Beauchamp, Vox<BR><BR>--------------------------------------<BR><BR>How has democracy become so threatened - and what can we do to save it?<BR><BR>With the clarity and brilliance that made their first book, How Democracies Die, a global bestseller, leading Harvard professors Steven Levitsky and Daniel Ziblatt offer a coherent new framework for understanding the dangerous times we live in. They draw on a wealth of examples - from the Capitol riots to Edwardian Britain, from 1930s France to present-day Thailand - to explore right-wing efforts to undermine the very foundations of the American political system, and to explain why and how political parties turn against democracy.<BR><BR>With its attention on factors from election losses to demographic change and voting rights, its urgent call for a reform of our politics to balance the need for majority rule with the need for minority protections, and a citizens' movement to put enough pressure on lawmakers to act before it's too late, Tyranny of the Minority is a must-read for everyone keen to see more vibrant democracy - and to understand where future threats may come from.<BR><BR>--------------------------------------<BR><BR>'Just like their previous work, this book is concise, readable, and convincing' Anne Applebaum, author of Twilight of Democracy<BR><BR>'An exceptionally perceptive and wide-ranging book . . . [that lays] out an ambitious fifteen-plank project of democratic renewal' Lawrence Douglas, TLS