So, there's actually something about the basic mechanism of democracy that does make it harder to sustain diversity. In other ways, the principles of liberal democracy are the right solution. And so, obviously my vision for the future is that of a diverse democracy. But we shouldn't be at ease about the ways in which democracy can sometimes inflame ethnic and religious tensions as well.
Yascha Mounk
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Yascha Mounk is a Professor of the Practice of International Affairs at Johns Hopkins University and the founder of Persuasion. Mounk is also a contributing editor at The Atlantic and a senior fellow at the Council on Foreign Relations. He is the author of The Great Experiment: Why Diverse Democracies Fall Apart and How They Can Endure.
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- Is a diverse democracy more democratic
- Challenges for diverse democracies
- Yascha's vision for diverse societies
- The most dangerous idea in American Politics
- Is it more difficult for diverse ideas to flourish?
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The Great Experiment: Why Diverse Democracies Fall Apart and How They Can Endure by Yascha Mounk
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