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Politics · 20 min

How Democracies Die

By Steven Levitsky and Daniel Ziblatt

This episode explores how established democracies often decay not through dramatic coups, but via the subtle, internal erosion of unwritten norms and the failure of political gatekeepers, challenging our understanding of democratic resilience.

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“This episode explores how established democracies often decay not through dramatic coups, but via the subtle, internal erosion of unwritten norms and the failure of political gatekeepers, challenging our understanding of democratic resilience.”

— Steven Levitsky and Daniel Ziblatt, How Democracies Die

What it is about

democracy, political science, democratic erosion

Who it is for

Best suited to listeners who want a clearer working understanding of democracy, political science, democratic erosion and better judgment in how they apply it.

The author

Steven Levitsky and Daniel Ziblatt brings a credible and useful lens to democracy, political science, democratic erosion, with enough subject command to make the book worth hearing.

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Steven Levitsky and Daniel Ziblatt

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