People vs. Democracy
People vs. Democracy A New York Times Book Review Editors' Choice "Everyone worried about the state of contemporary politics should read this book." --Anne-Marie Slaughter "A trenchant survey from…
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People vs. Democracy
A New York Times Book Review Editors' Choice "Everyone worried about the state of contemporary politics should read this book." --Anne-Marie Slaughter "A trenchant survey from 1989, with its democratic euphoria, to the current map of autocratic striving." --David Remnick, New YorkerThe world is in turmoil. As the role of money in politics has soared, a system of "rights without democracy" has taken hold. From Russia and Turkey across Europe to the United States, authoritarian populists have seized power as two core components of liberal democracy--individual rights and the popular will--are increasingly at war.
But in practice they create something just as bad: a system of "democracy without rights." Yascha Mounk offers a clear and Populists who rail against this say they want to return power to the people.