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How democracy ends, David Runciman

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  • "In How Democracy Ends, David Runciman argues that we are trapped in outdated twentieth-century ideas of democratic failure. By fixating on coups and violence, we are focusing on the wrong threats. Our societies are too affluent, too elderly, and too networked to fall apart as they did in the past. We need new ways of thinking the unthinkable--a twenty-first-century vision of the end of democracy, and whether its collapse might allow us to move forward to something better"--Amazon
  • "Nothing lasts forever. At some point democracy was always going to pass into the annals of history. But few people around today thought it would happen in their lifetimes. And until very recently almost no one thought it might happen right before our eyes. Now many are asking: Is this how democracy ends? In this surprising and counterintuitive book, the eminent political philosopher David Runciman argues that we are trapped in outdated modes of thinking. Our expectations are shaped by past stories of democracies collapsing--Europe in the 1930s, Latin America in the 1970s--but we are wrong if we think that history will repeat itself. Western societies are too affluent, too elderly, and too networked to fall apart as they did in the past. We need to stop looking for tanks in the streets and start looking for the twenty-first-century symptoms. The real danger to democracy lies in our increasingly decayed institutions. We are more at risk from conmen than from extremists. We are more likely to see our democracy hollowed out by technology than taken over by tyrants. All political systems come to an end. Runciman helps us think about the previously unthinkable: what will democratic failure look like in the twenty-first century? And what will come after?"--Dust jacket
Language
eng
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Publication
Edition
First US edition.
Extent
249 pages
Note
"First published in Great Britain by Profile Books Ltd in May 2018"--Page 4 of cover
Contents
  • Preface: Thinking the unthinkable
  • Introduction: 20 January 2017
  • Coup!
  • Catastrophe!
  • Technological takeover!
  • Something better?
  • Conclusion: This is how democracy ends
  • Epilogue: 20 January 2053
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9781541616790
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How democracy ends
Title
How democracy ends
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David Runciman
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Author
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Language
eng
Summary
  • "In How Democracy Ends, David Runciman argues that we are trapped in outdated twentieth-century ideas of democratic failure. By fixating on coups and violence, we are focusing on the wrong threats. Our societies are too affluent, too elderly, and too networked to fall apart as they did in the past. We need new ways of thinking the unthinkable--a twenty-first-century vision of the end of democracy, and whether its collapse might allow us to move forward to something better"--Amazon
  • "Nothing lasts forever. At some point democracy was always going to pass into the annals of history. But few people around today thought it would happen in their lifetimes. And until very recently almost no one thought it might happen right before our eyes. Now many are asking: Is this how democracy ends? In this surprising and counterintuitive book, the eminent political philosopher David Runciman argues that we are trapped in outdated modes of thinking. Our expectations are shaped by past stories of democracies collapsing--Europe in the 1930s, Latin America in the 1970s--but we are wrong if we think that history will repeat itself. Western societies are too affluent, too elderly, and too networked to fall apart as they did in the past. We need to stop looking for tanks in the streets and start looking for the twenty-first-century symptoms. The real danger to democracy lies in our increasingly decayed institutions. We are more at risk from conmen than from extremists. We are more likely to see our democracy hollowed out by technology than taken over by tyrants. All political systems come to an end. Runciman helps us think about the previously unthinkable: what will democratic failure look like in the twenty-first century? And what will come after?"--Dust jacket
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Runciman, David
Dewey number
321.8
Index
index present
LC call number
JC423
LC item number
.R798 2018
Literary form
non fiction
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  • Democracy
  • Democracy
  • United States
  • World politics
  • Europe
  • HISTORY / Europe / Western
  • HISTORY / United States / 20th Century
  • HISTORY / United States / 21st Century
  • POLITICAL SCIENCE / American Government
  • POLITICAL SCIENCE / Civil Rights
  • POLITICAL SCIENCE / Commentary & Opinion
  • POLITICAL SCIENCE / Corruption & Misconduct
  • POLITICAL SCIENCE / History & Theory
  • POLITICAL SCIENCE / Political Freedom
  • POLITICAL SCIENCE / Political Ideologies / Communism, Post-Communism & Socialism
  • POLITICAL SCIENCE / Political Ideologies / Conservatism & Liberalism
  • POLITICAL SCIENCE / Political Ideologies / Democracy
  • POLITICAL SCIENCE / Political Ideologies / Fascism & Totalitarianism
  • POLITICAL SCIENCE / Political Ideologies / Nationalism & Patriotism
  • POLITICAL SCIENCE / Political Process
  • POLITICAL SCIENCE / Propaganda
  • World politics
  • Politics and government
  • Democracy
  • Democracy
  • Europe
  • United States
  • Demokratie
  • Politische Philosophie
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How democracy ends, David Runciman
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Note
"First published in Great Britain by Profile Books Ltd in May 2018"--Page 4 of cover
Bibliography note
Includes bibliographical resources (pages 225-238) and index
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Contents
Preface: Thinking the unthinkable -- Introduction: 20 January 2017 -- Coup! -- Catastrophe! -- Technological takeover! -- Something better? -- Conclusion: This is how democracy ends -- Epilogue: 20 January 2053
Control code
1011172281
Dimensions
25 cm
Edition
First US edition.
Extent
249 pages
Isbn
9781541616790
Lccn
2018936487
Media category
unmediated
Media MARC source
rdamedia
Media type code
  • n
System control number
(OCoLC)1011172281
Label
How democracy ends, David Runciman
Publication
Copyright
Note
"First published in Great Britain by Profile Books Ltd in May 2018"--Page 4 of cover
Bibliography note
Includes bibliographical resources (pages 225-238) and index
Carrier category
volume
Carrier category code
  • nc
Carrier MARC source
rdacarrier
Content category
  • text
  • still image
Content type code
  • txt
  • sti
Content type MARC source
  • rdacontent
  • rdacontent
Contents
Preface: Thinking the unthinkable -- Introduction: 20 January 2017 -- Coup! -- Catastrophe! -- Technological takeover! -- Something better? -- Conclusion: This is how democracy ends -- Epilogue: 20 January 2053
Control code
1011172281
Dimensions
25 cm
Edition
First US edition.
Extent
249 pages
Isbn
9781541616790
Lccn
2018936487
Media category
unmediated
Media MARC source
rdamedia
Media type code
  • n
System control number
(OCoLC)1011172281

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