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Illiberal Democracy at Home and Abroad
W. W. Norton
April 2004
On Sale: April 19, 2004
304 pages
ISBN: 0393324877
EAN: 9780393324877
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"A work of tremendous originality and insight."—Washington Post. A national bestseller, including extended stays on the New
York Times, Wall Street Journal, and Washington Post lists,
this major work by Newsweek International editor Fareed
Zakaria has been touted by the New York Times as "brave and
ambitious...updated Tocqueville" and the Chicago Tribune as
"essential reading for anyone worried about the promotion
and preservation of liberty." Democracy has reshaped politics, economics, and culture
around the world. This provocative book asks, can you have
too much of a good thing? Today we judge the value of every idea, institution, and
individual by one test: is it popular? Or, more practically,
do the majority of those polled like it? This transformation
has affected not just politics but also business, law,
culture, and even religion. Every institution and profession
in society must democratize or die. Democracy has gone from
being a form of government to a way of life. Like any broad transformation, however, the trends that
democracy unleashes are not uniformly benign. Democracy has
its dark sides, yet to question it has been to provoke
instant criticism that you are "out of sync" with the times.
No more. "Intensely provocative and valuable," according to
Business Week, and with an easy command of history,
philosophy, and current affairs, The Future of Freedom calls
for a restoration of the balance between liberty and
democracy and shows how liberal democracy has to be made
effective and relevant for our time. Woodrow Wilson said the
challenge of the twentieth century was to make the world
safe for democracy. This penetrating book challenges us to
make democracy safe for the world.
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