Democracy in Crisis explores one of the world's greatest failures of democracy in Germany during the so-called Weimar Republic, 1919–33—a failure that led t

In the twenty-first century, democracies across the globe are in crisis. The strength of basic democratic institutions and core enduring political principles an

Présentation de l'éditeur : "Democracy is in crisis. After the hope engendered by the Third Wave, democracies around the world are beleaguered with threats fr

Examines the economic, social, cultural, as well as purely political threats to democracy in the light of current knowledge.

Why democracies believe they can survive any crisis—and why that belief is so dangerous Why do democracies keep lurching from success to failure? The current