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Author Applebaum, Anne, 1964- author.

Title Twilight of democracy : the seductive lure of authoritarianism / Anne Applebaum.

Publication Info. New York : Doubleday, [2020]

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Edition First edition.
Description 206 pages ; 20 cm
text txt rdacontent
unmediated n rdamedia
volume nc rdacarrier
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 193-206).
Contents New Year's Eve -- How demagogues win -- The future of nostalgia -- Cascades of falsehood -- Prairie fire -- The unending of history.
Summary "A Pulitzer Prize-winning historian and journalist explains, with electrifying clarity, why some of her contemporaries have abandoned liberal democratic ideals in favor of strongman cults, nationalist movements, or one-party states. Across the world today, from the U.S. to Europe and beyond, liberal democracy is under siege while different forms of authoritarianism are on the rise. In Twilight of Democracy, prize-winning historian Anne Applebaum argues that we should not be surprised by this change: There is an inherent appeal to political systems with radically simple beliefs, especially when they benefit the loyal to the exclusion of everyone else. People are not just ideological, she contends in this captivating extended essay; they are also practical, pragmatic, opportunist. The authoritarian and nationalist parties that have arisen within modern democracies offer new paths to wealth or power for their adherents. Describing politicians, journalists, intellectuals, and others who have abandoned democratic ideals in the UK, U.S., Spain, Poland, and Hungary, Applebaum reveals the patterns that link the new advocates of illiberalism and charts how they use conspiracy theory, political polarization, social media, and nostalgia to change their societies"-- Provided by publisher.
Subject Authoritarianism.
Democracy.
Nationalist parties.
One-party systems.
World politics -- 21st century.
Authoritarianism. (OCoLC)fst00821640
Democracy. (OCoLC)fst00890077
Nationalist parties. (OCoLC)fst01986448
One-party systems. (OCoLC)fst01045767
World politics. (OCoLC)fst01181381
Chronological Term 2000-2099
Genre/Form Informational works.
ISBN 9780385545808 (hardcover)
0385545800 (hardcover)
9780385545815 (electronic book)
9781984899507 (paperback)
1984899503 (paperback)
Standard No. 99985062760

 
    
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