Populist Demagogues and Authoritarian Behavior

Three political scientists join Jeffrey Rosen to discuss democratic instability, backsliding, and demagogues from a historical and global perspective. Guests included Harvard’s Steven Levitsky, author of Tyranny of the Minority: Why American Democracy Reached the Breaking Point, the University of Texas-Austin’s Kurt Weyland, author of Democracy’s Resilience to Populism’s Threat, and Princeton University’s Frances Lee. This program originally aired on November 27, 2023.

Resources: 

• Steven Levitsky and Daniel Ziblatt, Tyranny of the Minority: Why American Democracy Reached the Breaking Point 
• Frances Lee, “Populism and the American Party System: Opportunities and Constraints” 
• Kurt Weyland, Democracy’s Resilience to Populism's Threat: Countering Global Alarmism 
• Steven Levitsky and Daniel Ziblatt, How Democracies Die 

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