LG推荐的书：少数人的暴政：为什么美国民主达到了崩溃点 Tyranny of the Minority: Why America

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Tyranny of the Minority: Why American Democracy Reached the Breaking Point, by Steven Levitsky and Daniel Ziblatt

2024年是美國總統大選之年，也是美國民主實驗面臨失敗的關鍵一年。無論您屬於進步派、保守派，還是無黨派，只要您關心美國民主體制，希望看到其存續和不斷完善，並且尚未讀過此書，都強烈推薦您盡快讀（或聽）至少一遍！倘若您已經讀過，而且對政治感到厭倦，為了重新燃起您的政治激情，請您盡快再讀（或聽）至少一遍！以下是從亞馬遜抄來的書評。

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NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • A call to reform our antiquated political institutions before it’s too late—from the authors of How Democracies Die

“[Levitsky and Ziblatt] write with terrifying clarity about how the forces of the right have co-opted the enshrined rules to exert their tyranny.”—The Washington Post

ONE OF THE CALIFORNIA REVIEW OF BOOKS’ TEN BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR • A NEWSWEEK BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR

America is undergoing a massive experiment: It is moving, in fits and starts, toward a multiracial democracy, something few societies have ever done. But the prospect of change has sparked an authoritarian backlash that threatens the very foundations of our political system. Why is democracy under assault here, and not in other wealthy, diversifying nations? And what can we do to save it?

With the clarity and brilliance that made their first book, How Democracies Die, a global bestseller, Harvard professors Steven Levitsky and Daniel Ziblatt offer a coherent framework for understanding these volatile times. They draw on a wealth of examples—from 1930s France to present-day Thailand—to explain why and how political parties turn against democracy. They then show how our Constitution makes us uniquely vulnerable to attacks from within: It is a pernicious enabler of minority rule, allowing partisan minorities to consistently thwart and even rule over popular majorities. Most modern democracies—from Germany and Sweden to Argentina and New Zealand—have eliminated outdated institutions like elite upper chambers, indirect elections, and lifetime tenure for judges. The United States lags dangerously behind.

In this revelatory book, Levitsky and Ziblatt issue an urgent call to reform our politics. It’s a daunting task, but we have remade our country before—most notably, after the Civil War and during the Progressive Era. And now we are at a crossroads: America will either become a multiracial democracy or cease to be a democracy at all.

Lepore, author of These Truths

“To their credit, they offer no easy solutions, but Levitsky and Ziblatt challenge us to use our voices and our votes to push back against these inherently antidemocratic features of our endangered republic.”—Laurence H. Tribe, University Professor of Constitutional Law Emeritus, Harvard

“This eye-opening study, filled with analysis of analogous historical moments from around the world, is an essential primer in the struggle for democracy this century.”—Rep. Jamie Raskin, author of Unthinkable
About the Author
Steven Levitsky and Daniel Ziblatt are professors of government at Harvard University and the authors of the New York Times bestseller How Democracies Die, which won the Goldsmith Book Prize, was shortlisted for the Lionel Gelber Prize, and was named one of the best books of the year by The Washington Post, Time, and Foreign Affairs.

 

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《少数派的暴政：为什么美国民主达到了崩溃点》作者：史蒂文·莱维茨基和丹尼尔·齐布拉特

2024年是美国总统大选之年，也是美国民主实验面临失败的关键一年。无论您属于进步派、保守派，还是无党派，只要您关心美国民主体制，希望看到其不断延续和不断完善，并且尚未读过此书，都强烈推荐您至少再读一遍（或听）！如果您已经读过，而且对政治恐慌，为了重新燃起您的政治热情，请您至少再读（或听）重复！以下是来自亚马逊抄来的书评。

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《纽约时报》畅销书 • 《民主如何消亡》作者呼吁在为时已晚之前改革我们过时的政治制度

“[列维茨基和齐布拉特]极其清晰地描述了右翼势力如何利用明文规定来实施他们的暴政。”——《华盛顿邮报》

加州年度十佳图书评论之一 • 新闻周刊年度最佳图书

美国正在经历一场大规模的实验：它正在断断续续地走向多种族民主，这是很少有社会做过的事情。但变革的前景引发了威权主义的强烈抵制，威胁到我们政治制度的根基。为什么民主在这里受到攻击，而在其他富裕、多元化的国家却没有？我们能做些什么来拯救它？

哈佛大学教授史蒂文·莱维茨基（Steven Levitsky）和丹尼尔·齐布拉特（Daniel Ziblatt）凭借他们的第一本书《民主如何消亡》的清晰和才华，为理解这些动荡的时代提供了一个连贯的框架。他们利用大量例子——从 20 世纪 30 年代的法国到当今的泰国——来解释政党为何以及如何反对民主。然后，他们展示了我们的宪法如何使我们特别容易受到来自内部的攻击：它是少数派统治的有害推动者，允许党派少数派持续阻挠甚至统治民众多数派。大多数现代民主国家——从德国、瑞典到阿根廷和新西兰——都取消了过时的制度，如精英上议院、间接选举和法官终身制。美国严重落后。

在这本具有启发性的书中，莱维茨基和齐布拉特发出了改革我们政治的紧急呼吁。这是一项艰巨的任务，但我们以前曾经重塑过我们的国家——尤其是在内战之后和进步时代。现在我们正处于十字路口：美国要么成为一个多种族民主国家，要么根本不再是一个民主国家。

莱波雷，《这些真理》的作者

“值得称赞的是，他们没有提供简单的解决方案，但莱维茨基和齐布拉特挑战我们利用我们的声音和选票来反击我们濒临危险的共和国的这些固有的反民主特征。”——劳伦斯·H·特里布，大学宪法学荣誉教授, 哈佛

“这项令人大开眼界的研究充满了对世界各地类似历史时刻的分析，是本世纪民主斗争的重要入门读物。”——众议员。杰米·拉斯金，《不可思议》的作者
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史蒂文·莱维茨基（Steven Levitsky）和丹尼尔·齐布拉特（Daniel Ziblatt）是哈佛大学政府学教授，《纽约时报》畅销书《民主如何消亡》的作者，该书荣获金史密斯图书奖，入围莱昂内尔·盖尔伯奖，并被评为美国最佳图书之一年由《华盛顿邮报》、《时代》杂志和《外交事务》杂志报道。