{"product_id":"how-democracy-ends-9781541616783","title":"How Democracy Ends","description":"\u003cb\u003eHow will democracy end? And what will replace it? A preeminent political scientist examines the past, present, and future of an endangered political philosophy\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Since the end of World War II, democracy's sweep across the globe seemed inexorable. Yet today, it seems radically imperiled, even in some of the world's most stable democracies. How bad could things get? \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e In \u003ci\u003eHow Democracy Ends\u003c\/i\u003e, David Runciman argues that we are trapped in outdated twentieth-century ideas of democratic failure. By fixating on coups and violence, we are focusing on the wrong threats. Our societies are too affluent, too elderly, and too networked to fall apart as they did in the past. We need new ways of thinking the unthinkable -- a twenty-first-century vision of the end of democracy, and whether its collapse might allow us to move forward to something better. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e A provocative book by a major political philosopher, \u003ci\u003eHow Democracy Ends\u003c\/i\u003e asks the most trenchant questions that underlie the disturbing patterns of our contemporary political life.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Basic Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 06\/05\/2018\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781541616783\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 256\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.95lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.30h x 6.10w x 1.10d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eReview Citations: \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 04\/02\/2018\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e 05\/01\/2018\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal\u003c\/i\u003e 06\/01\/2018 pg. 106\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"David Runciman","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":36658426871964,"sku":"9781541616783","price":22.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/products\/img_920f285d-c772-4d6f-a360-c5ee73855ad3.jpg?v=1603892874","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/how-democracy-ends-9781541616783","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}