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How democracy ends

Author: David Runciman
Publisher: London, England : Profile Books, 2019. ©2018
Edition/Format:  Print book : EnglishView all editions and formats
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Democracy has died hundreds of times, all over the world. We think we know what that looks like: chaos descends and the military arrives to restore order, until the people can be trusted to look after their own affairs again. However, there is a danger that this picture is out of date. Until very recently, most citizens of Western democracies would have imagined that the end was a long way off, and very few would  Read more...
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Document Type: Book
All Authors / Contributors: David Runciman
ISBN: 9781781259757 1781259755
OCLC Number: 1064786838
Notes: Originally published: 2018.
Description: 249 pages ; 20 cm
Contents: Preface: Thinking the unthinkable --
Introduction: 20 January 2017 --
Coup! --
Catastrophe! --
Technological takeover! --
Something better? --
Conclusion: This is how democracy ends --
Epilogue: 20 January 2053.
Responsibility: David Runciman.

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Democracy has died hundreds of times, all over the world. We think we know what that looks like: chaos descends and the military arrives to restore order, until the people can be trusted to look after their own affairs again. However, there is a danger that this picture is out of date. Until very recently, most citizens of Western democracies would have imagined that the end was a long way off, and very few would have thought it might be happening before their eyes as Trump, Brexit and paranoid populism have become a reality. David Runciman, one of the UK's leading professors of politics, answers all this and more as he surveys the political landscape of the West, helping us to spot the new signs of a collapsing democracy and advising us on what could come next.

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