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    Anti-Pluralism: The Populist Threat to Liberal Democracy (Politics and Culture)
    Anti-Pluralism: The Populist Threat to Liberal Democracy (Politics and Culture)
    Anti-Pluralism: The Populist Threat to Liberal Democracy (Politics and Culture)
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    Anti-Pluralism: The Populist Threat to Liberal Democracy (Politics and Culture)

    Written by William A. Galston

    Narrated by Matthew Josdal

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    The Great Recession, institutional dysfunction, a growing divide between urban and rural prospects, and failed efforts to effectively address immigration have paved the way for a populist backlash that disrupts the postwar bargain between political elites and citizens. Whether today's populism represents a corrective to unfair and obsolete policies or a threat to liberal democracy itself remains up for debate. Yet this much is clear: these challenges indict the triumphalism that accompanied liberal democratic consolidation after the collapse of the Soviet Union. To respond to today's crisis, good leaders must strive for inclusive economic growth while addressing fraught social and cultural issues, including demographic anxiety, with frank attention. Although reforms may stem the populist tide, liberal democratic life will always leave some citizens unsatisfied. This is a permanent source of vulnerability, but liberal democracy will endure so long as citizens believe it is worth fighting for.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherTantor Media, Inc
    Release dateJun 26, 2018
    ISBN9781977386663
    Anti-Pluralism: The Populist Threat to Liberal Democracy (Politics and Culture)

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      a smug self-satisfied liberal who talks about bogeymen on the right but barely mentions challenges from the left.

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