Democracy


How Democracies Die: What History Reveals About Our Future
On Tyranny: Twenty Lessons from the Twentieth Century
Democracy in America
Twilight of Democracy: The Seductive Lure of Authoritarianism
Democracy for Realists: Why Elections Do Not Produce Responsive Government (Princeton Studies in Political Behavior)
Democracy Awakening: Notes on the State of America
The People vs. Democracy: Why Our Freedom Is in Danger and How to Save It
Tyranny of the Minority: Why American Democracy Reached the Breaking Point
A People’s History of the United States: 1492 - Present
Against Democracy
The Myth of the Rational Voter: Why Democracies Choose Bad Policies
Autocracy, Inc.
On Democracy
Why We're Polarized
The Origins of Totalitarianism
Adam Smith
Civil government, so far as it is instituted for the security of property, is in reality instituted for the defense of the rich against the poor, or of those who have some property against those who have none at all.
Adam Smith

Howard Zinn
Protest beyond the law is not a departure from democracy; it is absolutely essential to it.
Howard Zinn

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