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Steven Levitsky on Trump 2.0 and Whether U.S. Democracy Is Dying

Episode 358: Steven Levitsky on Trump 2.0 and Whether U.S. Democracy Is Dying

Author and professor Steven Levitsky

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Steven Levitsky is David Rockefeller Professor of Latin American Studies and Professor of Government and Director of the David Rockefeller Center for Latin American Studies at Harvard. His research focuses on democratization and authoritarianism, political parties, and weak and informal institutions, with a focus on Latin America. He is co-author of How Democracies Die, which was a New York Times Best-Seller and was published in 30 languages, and Tyranny of the Minority: Why American Democracy Reached the Breaking Point. He has written or edited 11 other books, including Transforming Labor-Based Parties in Latin America: Argentine Peronism in Comparative Perspective, Competitive Authoritarianism: Hybrid Regimes after the Cold War, and Revolution and Dictatorship: The Violent Origins of Durable Authoritarianism. He is currently working on a book on democratic resilience across the world.

I asked Steven if our democracy is dying. Don't miss this insightful conversation where he answers this critical question and so much more.

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