I think one of the greatest barriers to reform is thinking that reform is impossible.
Daniel Ziblatt
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Daniel Ziblatt is the Eaton Professor of Government at Harvard University and director of the Transformations of Democracy group at Berlin's Social Science Center. He is the coauthor with Steven Levitsky of How Democracies Dieand a new book The Tyranny of the Minority and the author of Conservative Parties and the Birth of Democracy.
Key Highlights
- Introduction - 0:38
- American Democracy - 3:25
- A Multi-Racial Democracy - 16:36
- Conservatism and Democracy - 22:34
- The Republican Party and Authoritarianism - 35:37
Key Links
Tyranny of the Minority: Why American Democracy Reached the Breaking Point by Steven Levitsky and Daniel Ziblatt
How Democracies Die by Steven Levitsky and Daniel Ziblatt
Conservative Parties and the Birth of Democracy by Daniel Ziblatt
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