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Can We Save Our Democracy?

A conversation with the authors of "How Democracies Die," Steven Levitsky and Daniel Ziblatt

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Tuesday, May 8, 2018, 6:30 PM

Many Americans have been troubled by recent political rhetoric about rigged elections and locking up political rivals, including Harvard professors Steven Levitsky and Daniel Ziblatt, who have studied the demise of other democracies around the world, and their research has become increasingly relevant to the United States, as outlined in their book, How Democracies Die.

Levitsky and Ziblatt visited the Institute for a discussion of what lessons can be gleaned from other nations, and to share a roadmap for how we can save our democracy.

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Can We Save Our Democracy?

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