03491nam  2200385 i 4500001001200000003000800012005001700020008004100037020002500078020002200103040003100125082001600156245002400172264010300196264001900299300005300318336002100371337002500392338002300417490004300440500001700483521001000500520023400510504005100744505167300795505026702468650003902735651004402774650004002818650004602858651005102904650004702955830004403002856005903046CCE19401501MnSgEFL20190723080743.0190723t20192019maua     b    001 0 eng d  a9781642652215 (pbk.)  a1642652210 (pbk.)  aMnSgEFLbengcMnSgEFLerda14a320.97321500aDemocracy evolving. 1a[Ipswich, MA] :bEBSCO Information Services, Inc. ; aAmenia, NY :bGrey House Publishing,c[2019] 4ccopyright 2019  axiii, 179 pages :bcolor illustrations ;c28 cm.  atext2rdacontent  aunmediated2rdamedia  avolume2rdacarrier1 aReference shelf ;vvolume 91, number 4  aH.W. Wilson.2 a10-A.  aExplores the relationship between education and jobs, technological displacement of workers, downward mobility among certain groups, labor mobility and home ownership as indicators of the health of the idea of the American Dream.  aIncludes bibliographical references and index.2 aPreface -- Democracy Defined -- What Is American Democracy? -- 20 Common Forms of Government-Study Starters -- What Exactly is Neoliberalism? -- Democracy's Midlife Crisis: An Interview with David Runciman -- History and Democracy -- Is the United States of America a Republic or a Democracy? -- Are We Witnessing the Death of Liberal Democracy -- Democracy in Context -- Democratic Identity and Economy -- The Rise of Authoritarian Capitalism -- Big Fail: The Internet Hasn't Helped Democracy -- American Democracy Is Ailing: Thinking Like an Economist Can Help -- Economic Freedom Is Essential to Democracy -- E Pluribus Unum? The Fight Over Identity Politics -- Democracy or Dictatorship? -- Democratic Authoritarianism -- American Democracy Is in Crisis, and Not Just Because of Trump -- American Democracy Has Gone Through Dark Times Before -- Lessons in the Decline of Democracy from the Ruined Roman Republic -- A Major Democracy Watchdog Just Published a Scathing Report on Trump -- Why Is American Democracy in Danger? -- How Fragile is Democracy? -- The Global View -- The Growing Signs of the Fragility and Resilience of Liberal Democracy -- "Yes, We Need to Do Better": World Leaders Talk Democracy -- Despite Global Concerns about Democracy, More Than Half of Countries Are Democratic -- Democracy Is More Fragile Than Many of Us Realized, but Don't Believe That It Is Doomed -- Poland's Nationalism Threatens Europe's Values, and Cohesion -- What Do We Think of Democracy? -- Attitudes and Approaches -- The Public, the Political System and American Democracy -- 20 of America's Top Political Scientists Gathered to Discuss Our Democracy: They're Scared.2 aWhat the World Can Learn about Equality from the Nordic Model -- The Nordic Democratic-Socialist Myth -- Are Millennials Giving Up on Democracy? -- On the Sidelines of Democracy: Exploring Why So Many Americans -- Don't Vote -- Bibliography -- Websites -- Index. 0aDemocracyzUnited StatesxHistory. 0aUnited StatesxPolitics and government. 0aPatriotismzUnited StatesxHistory. 7aDemocracyzUnited StatesxHistory.2sears 7aUnited StatesxPolitics and government.2sears 7aPatriotismzUnited StatesxHistory.2sears 0aReference shelf ;vvolume 91, number 4.40uhttps://online.salempress.com/doi/book/10.3331/RSADemo