Tyranny of the Minority

An exceptionally perceptive and wide-ranging book … [that lays] out an ambitious fifteen-plank project of democratic renewal – Lawrence Douglas * TLS *Concise, readable, and convincing – Anne Applebaum * author of Twilight of Democracy *Old democracies tend to last, and so do rich democracies, Levitsky and Ziblatt point out in this searing, unsettling, and essential new book, but American democracy, which is both old and rich, is dying. In Tyranny of the Minority, they explain why, and they explain, too, how to save it – Jill Lepore * author of These Truths *Ziblatt and Levitsky are two of America’s very best comparative political scientists, with expertise that makes them uniquely well-equipped for the subject they’re examining … Tyranny of the Minority is an exceptional book, one of the best guides out there to the crisis of American democracy – Zack Beauchamp * Vox *Provocative and readable – David Runciman on How Democracies DieSteven Levitsky and Daniel Ziblatt are two of the most respected scholars in the field of democracy studies * The Washington Post *

Steven Levitsky and Daniel Ziblatt are Professors of Government at Harvard University, and co-authors of the international bestseller How Democracies Die. Levitsky is the author of Competitive Authoritarianism and is the recipient of numerous teaching awards. Ziblatt is the author of Conservative Parties and the Birth of Democracy. Both Levitsky and Ziblatt have written for Vox and the New York Times, among other publications.