Is American Democracy Dying?

Will constitutional hardball and entrenched minority power doom the future of American democracy? Launching the new season, Julie Suk and Zephyr Teachout talk with Harvard professor Steven Levitsky about his new book, The Tyranny of the Minority (with Daniel Ziblatt) about why American democracy is sliding backwards, and how we can reimagine a more democratic future.

Episode 1 of the Democracy's Future? podcast, hosted by Steven Levitsky, Julie Suk, Zephyr Teachout, titled "Is American Democracy Dying?" was published on October 23, 2023 and runs 52 minutes.

October 23, 2023 ·52m · Democracy's Future?

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Will constitutional hardball and entrenched minority power doom the future of American democracy? Launching the new season, Julie Suk and Zephyr Teachout talk with Harvard professor Steven Levitsky about his new book, The Tyranny of the Minority (with Daniel Ziblatt) about why American democracy is sliding backwards, and how we can reimagine a more democratic future.

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Read Steven Levitsky & Daniel Ziblatt's new book, The Tyranny of the Minority.

Their 2017 bestseller, How Democracies Die, is a must-read, too.

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