Politics in Our Time: Authoritarian Peril and Democratic Hope in the Twenty-First Century

Gary Gerstle's current project, Politics in Our Time, examines the circumstances making authoritarianism tempting and democracy fragile in contemporary America.

It draws on historical case studies of past democratic revivals and analyzes economic, technological, and cultural factors distinguishing the present era, building on his prior work like The Rise and Fall of the Neoliberal Order.