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2019

Democracy

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Countering Nationalist Oligarchy, Ganesh Sitaraman Oct 2019

Countering Nationalist Oligarchy, Ganesh Sitaraman

Ganesh Sitaraman

The challenge we face today is not one of authoritarianism, as so many seem inclined to believe, but of nationalist oligarchy. This form of government feeds populism to the people, delivers special privileges to the rich and well-connected, and rigs politics to sustain its regime.

Nationalist oligarchy is an existential threat to American democracy. The countries already under its thrall steal technology and use economic power as political leverage. Some of them are actively trying to undermine democracy, through cyber attacks, hacking, and social media disinformation. And they spread bribery and corruption around the world—deepening inequality and threatening to turn …

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Book Review Of The Riddle Of All Constitutions: International Law, Democracy, And The Critique Of Ideology, Evan J. Criddle Sep 2019

Book Review Of The Riddle Of All Constitutions: International Law, Democracy, And The Critique Of Ideology, Evan J. Criddle

Evan J. Criddle

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Dollars And Sense: A "New Paradigm" For Campaign Finance Reform?, Daniel A. Farber Aug 2019

Dollars And Sense: A "New Paradigm" For Campaign Finance Reform?, Daniel A. Farber

Daniel A Farber

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Echoes Of Slavery Ii: How Slavery's Legacy Distorts Democracy, Juan F. Perea Jul 2019

Echoes Of Slavery Ii: How Slavery's Legacy Distorts Democracy, Juan F. Perea

Juan F. Perea

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Taking The Threat To Democracy Seriously, Bruce Ledewitz Dec 2018

Taking The Threat To Democracy Seriously, Bruce Ledewitz

Bruce Ledewitz

During the summer of 2018, I had occasion to write a book review of How Democracies Die by Steven Levitsky and Daniel Ziblatt. The book has its flaws, including practicing the kind of partisanship that it highlights and claims to deplore. But, whatever the book’s flaws, Levitsky and Ziblatt clearly demonstrate that it can happen here—our democracy can actually die—by contrasting the decline of democratic norms in America over the past forty-five years with countries in which similar experiences led to dictatorial rule. According to the authors, the fundamental change that explains the end of democratic systems is the decline …

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What Has Gone Wrong And Can We Do About It, Bruce Ledewitz Dec 2018

What Has Gone Wrong And Can We Do About It, Bruce Ledewitz

Bruce Ledewitz

It is a mark of how bad things are in American public life that most people who read the title of this book review will immediately understand that it refers to the current state of politics in the United States. Here is how Lawrence Lessig describes our condition in America, Compromised, one of the three books discussed in this review:

"There is not a single American awake to the world who is comfortable with the way things
are. Every one of us has a sense-if only a sense-that with our nation, something is not
quite right.. ..We've not been as …

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