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Steven Levitsky, author of "How Democracies Die"
FromThe Long Game
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50 minutes
Released:
Apr 3, 2018
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Steven Levitsky is professor of government at Harvard University. He has spent most of his life studying Latin American politics and history, with a focus on political parties, authoritarianism and democratization, and weak and informal institutions. In 2018, he and fellow Harvard professor Daniel Ziblatt, an expert on democracy in Europe, wrote a book called "How Democracies Die." Here, Steven and I discuss what he means when he calls political parties the "gatekeepers of democracy," and why the Democrats reduction of superdelegates in their presidential primary may have unintended negative consequences. “How Democracies Die," by Steven Levitsky and Daniel ZiblattSteven Levitsky's personal page at Harvard is here. Reviews of the book by Jennifer Szalai in the New York Times and by Yuval Levin in The Weekly Standard. Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/thelonggame.
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Released:
Apr 3, 2018
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