Four Threats: The Recurring Crises of American Democracy

by Robert C. Lieberman and Suzanne Mettler

Book Overview

An urgent, historically-grounded take on the four major factors that undermine American democracy, and what we can do to address them.

While many Americans despair of the current state of U.S. politics, most assume that our system of government and democracy itself are invulnerable to decay. Yet when we examine the past, we find that the United States has undergone repeated crises of democracy, from the earliest days of the republic...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1250244420
• ISBN13: 9781250244420
• Release Date: August 2020
• Publisher: St. Martin's Press
• Length: 304 Pages
• Weight: 1.15 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 6.1" x 9.3"