Democracy's Resilience to Populism's Threat: Countering Global Alarmism

by Kurt Weyland

The recent global wave of populist governments, which culminated in Donald Trump's victory in 2016, has convinced many observers that populism is a grave threat to democracy. In his new book, Kurt Weyland critiques recent scholarship for focusing too closely on cases where populist leaders have crushed democracy, and instead turns to the many cases where would populist-authoritarians have failed to overthrow democracy. Through a systematic comparative...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 100943246X
• ISBN13: 9781009432467
• Release Date: April 2024
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 322 Pages
• Weight: 0.70 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 5.9" x 8.9"