Democracies Divided

<div><p>“A must-read for anyone concerned about the fate of contemporary democracies.”—Steven Levitsky, co-author of <i>How Democracies Die</i></p><p><b>2020 CHOICE Outstanding Academic Title</p><p>Why divisions have deepened and what can be done to heal them</b></p></p><p>As one part of the global democratic recession, severe political polarization is increasingly afflicting old and new democracies alike, producing the erosion of democratic norms and rising societal anger. This volume is the first book-length comparative analysis of this troubling global phenomenon, offering in-depth case studies of countries as wide-ranging and important as Brazil, India, Kenya, Poland, Turkey, and the United States. The case study authors are a diverse group of country and regional experts, each with deep local knowledge and experience.</p><p><i>Democracies Divided</i> identifies and examines the fissures that are dividing societies and the factors bringing polarization to a boil. In

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