![]() ![]() Citizens are falling out of love with their political system. ![]() But in practice they create something just as bad: a system of “democracy without rights.” The consequence, as Yascha Mounk shows in this brilliant and timely book, is that trust in politics is dwindling. Populists who rail against this say they want to return power to the people. As the role of money in politics soared and important issues were taken out of public contestation, a system of “rights without democracy” took hold. Two core components of liberal democracy-individual rights and the popular will-are increasingly at war with each other. As a result, democracy itself may now be at risk. From Russia, Turkey, and Egypt to the United States, authoritarian populists have seized power. “Everyone worried about the state of contemporary politics should read this book.”-Anne-Marie Slaughter, President of the New America Foundation ![]() “We can no longer assume that liberal democracy is the wave of the future… This splendid book is an invaluable contribution to the debate about what ails democracy, and what can be done about it.”-Michael J.
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