Books by Robert Dahl
“Polyarchy…is a kind of awkward term that few people would adopt. But it comes from the Greek and it means ‘many leaders’. It’s an indication that liberal democracy is really about diversity. It’s a means of governing over diverse societies and representing that diversity, but also coming up with means of compromising, deliberating, and coming to common decisions, despite the fact you have numerous divisions within the society.” Read more...
The best books on Liberal Democracy
Francis Fukuyama, Political Scientist
Interviews where books by Robert Dahl were recommended
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The Spirit of Democracy: The Struggle to Build Free Societies Throughout the World
by Larry Diamond -
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Ill Winds: Saving Democracy from Russian Rage, Chinese Ambition, and American Complacency
by Larry Diamond -
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How Democracies Die: What History Reveals About Our Future
by Daniel Ziblatt & Steven Levitsky -
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Polyarchy: Participation and Opposition
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Democracy in America
by Alexis de Tocqueville
The best books on Liberal Democracy, recommended by Francis Fukuyama
The best books on Liberal Democracy, recommended by Francis Fukuyama
Even some of the world’s most authoritarian rulers continue to pay lip service to democracy and people’s right to vote for their leaders, but the days when many social scientists believed that all countries at a certain level of prosperity would eventually turn to liberal democracy are over, says Francis Fukuyama, now a Senior Fellow at Stanford University’s Freeman Spogli Institute. Here, he recommends books to better understand liberal democracy, and what those of us lucky enough to live in one can do to protect our form of government.
