People vs. Democracy: Why Our Freedom Is in Danger and How to Save It

The world is in turmoil, with authoritarian populists seizing power as two core components of liberal democracy—individual rights and the popular will—are increasingly at war. Yascha Mounk offers a clear and trenchant analysis of what ails our democracy and what it will take to get it back on track.

\n Format: Paperback / softback
\n Length: 400 pages
\n Publication date: 28 June 2019
\n Publisher: Harvard University Press
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The world is in turmoil, with authoritarian populists seizing power in Russia, Turkey, Europe, and the United States. This has led to a system of "rights without democracy" as money in politics has soared. Yascha Mounk offers a clear and trenchant analysis of what ails our democracy and what it will take to get it back on track. "Democracy is going through its worst crisis since the 1930s," but what is the nature of this crisis? And what is driving it?

The People vs. Democracy stands out in a crowded field for its quality of answers to these questions. The Economist praises the book for its answers, while the Los Angeles Times and The Guardian praise it for its clear, concise, persuasive, and insightful account of the conditions that made liberal democracy work and how the breakdown in those conditions is the source of the current crisis of democracy around the world.

\n Weight: 450g\n
Dimension: 190 x 137 x 27 (mm)\n
ISBN-13: 9780674237681\n
Edition number: New ed\n