How Democracies Die Free Audiobook Download by Daniel Ziblatt,Steven Levitsky

This audiobook talks about the dangers of people who want to rule by themselves. It talks about how the presidential campaign, with its "exaggerated rhetoric and conspiracy-seeking", has brought a lot of people out. The book also tells you about how democracies are always in danger, all around the world. Democracy can be compromised when leaders, like Turkey's president Recep Tayyip Erdogan or Russia's Vladimir Putin, use their power to throw opponents in jail and restrict freedom of speech and assembly. These leaders often work to undermine debates in their countries and they don't care if they're violating international agreements on human rights.

Do the world's most powerful democracies inevitably descend into authoritarianism? That's the question Daniel Ziblatt and Steven Levitsky address in this frightening yet important book. They make clear that some presidents who show little respect for democracy, like Vladimir Putin in Russia or Recep Tayyip Erdogan in Turkey, still enjoy surprisingly robust support from their citizens, while others with a more democratic bent, such as George W. Bush and Barack Obama, are not so fortunate.

How Democracies Die is a book by the Harvard professors Steven Levitsky and Daniel Ziblatt. In the book, they examine the many ways that democracies can collapse, from military coups to gradual erosion. The audiobook is narrated by ['Fred Sanders'] with a running time of 15 hours, 57 minutes.

"How Democracies Die" is a book that outlines the various ways in which democracies can fail, as well as the warning signs. The first chapter of the book deals with what happens when people refuse to accept the legitimacy of a democratically-elected leader and take to the streets to protest. The second chapter highlights how leaders who are hungry for power use rigged elections, state control of judges and journalists, and aggressive dismissal of civil society groups to dismantle democratic institutions from within.

How Democracies Die by Daniel Ziblatt and Steven Levitsky is a must-read for anyone interested in understanding why democracies die. Drawing on decades of research, the authors show how elected autocrats with personality cults undermine democratic institutions, using promises of economic prosperity to win elections that they then use to entrench their power.