Making Sense of It All: How Democracies Thrive and How they Die (another journey through books)
This week, I will address these questions:
How do democracies thrive and how do they die?
How can backsliding democracies be saved?
How can nations begin a (peaceful) progression from an authoritarian government to a more democratic government?
My answers rely on these scholars:
Steven Levitsky, political science professor at Harvard
Daniel Ziblatt, political science professor at Harvard
David Pozner, law professor at Columbia University
Susan Hyde, a professor of political science at the University of California, Berkeley
Yanna Krupnikov and John Barry Ryan, political science professors at Stony Brook University
Dannagal Goldwaithe Young, professor of political science and communication at the University of Delaware
I will use, as an example of how to do democracy right, Biden's response to what we might call the Garland Hecklers.
See: https://terikanefield.com/how-democracies-die-and-how-to-save-them/