How Democracies Die Steven Levitsky and Daniel Ziblatt

In this guide, we explore Levitsky and Ziblatt’s thesis that norms are the bedrock of democracy—and assess their argument that Donald Trump’s presidency posed a unique threat to their survival in the United States. We also include commentary and additional insights from the last three-fourths of Trump’s term, as well as the period after his presidency—events that Levitsky and Ziblatt could not have commented on in 2018.