A review of Ordinary People in Extraordinary Times: The Citizenry and the Breakdown of Democracy, by Nancy Bermeo.
About the Author
Frances Hagopianis Jorge Paulo Lemann Senior Lecturer in government at Harvard University, and author of Reorganizing Representation in Latin America (forthcoming).
Democracies are grappling with an era of transformation: Identity is increasingly replacing economics as the major axis of world politics. Technological change has deepened social fragmentation, and trust in institutions…
Indonesia is a leading example for fledgling democracies navigating tough transitions. But it is imperiled, and if it gives way, the loss for the democratic world will be enormous.
