La Dictadura de la Minoría: Cómo Revertir La Deriva Autoritaria Y Forjar Una Democracia Para Todos / Tyranny of the Minority - (Paperback)

About the Book

"America is undergoing a massive experiment: it is moving, in fits and starts, toward a multiracial democracy, something few societies have ever done. But the prospect of change has sparked an authoritarian backlash that threatens the very foundations of our political system. Why is democracy under assault here, and not in other wealthy, diversifying nations? And what can we do to save it? ... [The authors present a] framework for understanding these volatile times. They draw on a wealth of examples--from 1930s France to present-day Thailand--to explain why and how political parties turn against democracy. They then show how our Constitution makes us uniquely vulnerable to attacks from within"--

Book Synopsis

Un llamado a reformar las instituciones democráticas tradicionales para frenar los regímenes autoritarios contemporáneos.

Estamos atravesando una época convulsa en la que la gobernanza neoliberal, el ascenso generalizado de la extrema derecha, la política de bloques, y otras formas de autocracia se están imponiendo en diferentes latitudes del planeta. Steven Levitsky y Daniel Ziblatt ofrecen aquí un marco teórico coherente y aportan ejemplos de todo el mundo para comprender el giro autoritario generalizado y explicar cómo los partidos políticos se vuelven contra la democracia. A partir del caso estadounidense y mostrando la evolución de otros países en la consecución de mejoras y reformas para la sociedad y las libertades civiles, los aclamados profesores de Harvard proponen una serie de reformas con las que salir de una espiral de crisis y constituir lo que ellos llaman la única democracia factible. Un libro necesario, legible y convincente.

ENGLISH DESCRIPTION

Un llamado a reformar las instituciones democráticas tradicionales para frenar los regímenes autoritarios contemporáneos.

We are going through a turbulent time in which neoliberal governance, the widespread rise of the extreme right, bloc politics, and other forms of autocracy are being imposed in different latitudes of the planet. Steven Levitsky and Daniel Ziblatt offer a coherent theoretical framework here and provide examples from around the world to understand the widespread authoritarian turn and explain how political parties turn against democracy. Based on the case of the United States and showing the evolution of other countries in achieving improvements and reforms for society and civil liberties, the acclaimed Harvard professors propose a series of reforms with which to get of a spiral of crisis and constitute what they call the only feasible democracy. A necessary, readable and convincing book.