Verfasst von:	Diamond, Larry [VerfasserIn]
Titel:	Ill winds
Titelzusatz:	saving democracy from Russian rage, Chinese ambition, and American complacency
Verf.angabe:	Larry Diamond
Verlagsort:	New York
Verlag:	Penguin Press
Jahr:	2019
Umfang:	354 Seiten
Fussnoten:	Literaturangabe ; Hier auch später erschienene, unveränderte Nachdrucke
Ang. zum Inhalt:	Introduction : the crisis
	Why democracies succeed and fail
	The march and retreat of democracy
	The authoritarian temptation
	The decline of American democracy
	Russia's global assault
	China's stealth offensive
	Are people losing faith in democracy?
	Meeting the autocrats challenge
	Fighting kleptocracy
	A foreign policy for freedom
	Making the internet safe for democracy
	Reviving American democracy
	Conclusion : a new birth of freedom
ISBN:	978-0-525-56062-3
Abstract:	Larry Diamond has made it his life’s work to secure democracy's future by understanding its past and by advising dissidents fighting autocracy around the world. Deeply attuned to the cycles of democratic expansion and decay that determine the fates of nations, he watched with mounting unease as illiberal rulers rose in Hungary, Poland, Turkey, the Philippines, and beyond, while China and Russia grew increasingly bold and bullying. Then, with Trump's election at home, the global retreat from freedom spread from democracy’s margins to its heart. Ill Winds' core argument is stark: the defense and advancement of democratic ideals relies on U.S. global leadership. If we do not reclaim our traditional place as the keystone of democracy, today's authoritarian swell could become a tsunami, providing an opening for Vladimir Putin, Xi Jinping, and their admirers to turn the twenty-first century into a dark time of despotism. We are at a hinge in history, between a new era of tyranny and an age of democratic renewal. Free governments can defend their values; free citizens can exercise their rights. We can make the internet safe for liberal democracy, exploit the soft, kleptocratic underbelly of dictatorships, and revive America’s degraded democracy. Ill Winds offers concrete, deeply informed suggestions to fight polarization, reduce the influence of money in politics, and make every vote count. In 2019, freedom’s last line of defense still remains "We the people."
	"From America's leading scholar of democracy, the definitive exploration of today's dangerously rising wave of authoritarianism, from Asia to America--and a personal, passionate call to action that shows us how to restore U.S. democracy and global leadership. Larry Diamond has made it his life's work both to study democracy and to advise dissidents fighting autocracy around the world. But when Donald Trump won the presidency by openly rejecting basic democratic norms, this lifelong scholar of democracy's struggles abroad felt a horrible sense of danger at home. As Diamond has long chronicled, democracy expands and retreats in waves. From the 1970s into the 1990s, the "third wave" saw democracy spread through Europe, Latin America, Asia, and Africa and attempt to take root in the former Soviet empire. But since 2006, Diamond has tracked a global democratic recession. By 2016, illiberal rulers were eroding democracy in Hungary, Poland, Turkey, the Philippines, and more, while China and Russia--the world's leading autocracies--grew increasingly bold and bullying. And with Trump's election, the global retreat from freedom spread from democracy's margins to its heart. Diamond's core argument is stark: The defense and spread of democracy has relied for decades on U.S. global leadership, including its alliances with advanced democracies in Europe and Asia. If America does not reclaim its traditional place as the keystone of democracy, today's authoritarian trend will accelerate into a "third reverse wave" of democratic breakdowns. That wave could become a tsunami. And that could let Vladimir Putin, Xi Jinping, and their admirers turn the 21st century into a dark time of surging authoritarianism. But it's an ill wind that brings no good with it. Free governments can defend their values; free citizens can exercise their rights. Diamond explains how we can make the Internet safe for liberal democracy, how we can exploit the soft, kleptocratic underbelly of dictatorships, and how we can revive America's degraded democracy. He offers concrete, deeply informed suggestions for policymakers and citizens alike, including ways to fight polarization, reduce the influence of money, combat partisan gerrymandering, expand voter turnout, and negate the electoral college. We are at a hinge in history, between a new era of tyranny or a new age of democratic renewal, and freedom's last line of defense is still "We the people.""--
	"Larry Diamond has made it his life's work both to study democracy and to advise dissidents fighting autocracy around the world. But when Donald Trump won the presidency by openly rejecting basic democratic norms, this lifelong scholar of democracy's struggles abroad felt a horrible sense of danger at home. As Diamond has long chronicled, democracy expands and retreats in waves. From the 1970s into the 1990s, the "third wave" saw democracy spread through Europe, Latin America, Asia, and Africa and attempt to take root in the former Soviet empire. But since 2006, Diamond has tracked a global democratic recession. By 2016, illiberal rulers were eroding democracy in Hungary, Poland, Turkey, the Philippines, and more, while China and Russia--the world's leading autocracies--grew increasingly bold and bullying. And with Trump's election, the global retreat from freedom spread from democracy's margins to its heart. And that could let Vladimir Putin, Xi Jinping, and their admirers turn the 21st century into a dark time of surging authoritarianism. But it's an ill wind that brings no good with it. Free governments can defend their values; free citizens can exercise their rights. Diamond explains how we can make the Internet safe for liberal democracy, how we can exploit the soft, kleptocratic underbelly of dictatorships, and how we can revive America's degraded democracy. He offers concrete, deeply informed suggestions for policymakers and citizens alike, including ways to fight polarization, reduce the influence of money, combat partisan gerrymandering, expand voter turnout, and negate the electoral college. We are at a hinge in history, between a new era of tyranny or a new age of democratic renewal, and freedom's last line of defense is still "We the people.""--
URL:	Inhaltsverzeichnis: https://www.gbv.de/dms/bowker/toc/9780525560623.pdf
Schlagwörter:	(s)Demokratie    / (g) |a|United States |x|Foreign relations
	(g)USA    / (s)Außenpolitik    / (s)Demokratie
	(s)Demokratie    / (s)Krise    / (s)Autoritarismus    / (s)Ideologie    / (s)Politischer Prozess    / (s)Internationale Politik    / (s)Innenpolitik    / (s)Außenpolitik    / (s)Circumstantia    / (s)Kultur    / (s)Änderung    / (s)Freiheit    / (g)Erde    / (g)USA
Sprache:	eng
Bibliogr. Hinweis:	Erscheint auch als : Online-Ausgabe: Diamond, Larry: Ill Winds. - [Erscheinungsort nicht ermittelbar] : Penguin Publishing Group, 2019. - 1 online resource (0 pages)
RVK-Notation:	ME 3000
K10plus-PPN:	1664033696