Defeating the Dictators: How Democracy Can Prevail in the Age of the Strongman
Democracies are not doomed against strongmen, provided they fix what made people lose faith.
Charles Dunst argues that authoritarian regimes are less competent than they appear and that democratic decline is mostly self-inflicted, then sets out what governments would need to deliver to recover legitimacy. Sensible and evidence-led, with a dose of optimism that is scarce in this literature.
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Tyler Cowen
Charles Dunst, Defeating the Dictators: How Democracy Can Prevail in the Age of the Strongman. Full of true claims, common sense, and a needed dose of optimism.
Source · March 2023
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