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The Reference Shelf: Democracy Evolving

Table of Contents

Preface




1 Democracy Defined




What Is American Democracy?




20 Common Forms of Government—Study Starters




What Exactly is Neoliberalism?




Democracy’s Midlife Crisis: An Interview with David Runciman




History and Democracy




Is the United States of America a Republic or a Democracy?




Are We Witnessing the Death of Liberal Democracy




2 Democracy in Context




Democratic Identity and Economy




The Rise of Authoritarian Capitalism




Big Fail: The Internet Hasn’t Helped Democracy




American Democracy Is Ailing: Thinking Like an Economist Can Help




Economic Freedom Is Essential to Democracy




E Pluribus Unum? The Fight Over Identity Politics




3 Democracy or Dictatorship?




Democratic Authoritarianism




American Democracy Is in Crisis, and Not Just Because of Trump




American Democracy Has Gone Through Dark Times Before




Lessons in the Decline of Democracy from the Ruined Roman Republic




A Major Democracy Watchdog Just Published a Scathing Report on Trump




Why Is American Democracy in Danger?




4 How Fragile is Democracy?




The Global View




The Growing Signs of the Fragility and Resilience of Liberal Democracy




“Yes, We Need to Do Better”: World Leaders Talk Democracy




Despite Global Concerns about Democracy, More Than Half of Countries Are Democratic




Democracy Is More Fragile Than Many of Us Realized, but Don’t Believe That It Is Doomed




Poland’s Nationalism Threatens Europe’s Values, and Cohesion




5 What Do We Think of Democracy?




Attitudes and Approaches




The Public, the Political System and American Democracy




20 of America’s Top Political Scientists Gathered to Discuss Our Democracy: They’re Scared




What the World Can Learn about Equality from the Nordic Model




The Nordic Democratic-Socialist Myth




Are Millennials Giving Up on Democracy?




On the Sidelines of Democracy: Exploring Why So Many Americans Don’t Vote




Bibliography




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