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Populism’s Challenge and the Uncertain Future of Liberal Democracy

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Me the People: How Populism Transforms Democracy. By UrbinatiNadia. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 2019. 272p. $45.00 cloth.

Anti-Pluralism: The Populist Threat to Liberal Democracy. By GalstonWilliam A.. New Haven: Yale University Press, 2018. 176p. $30.00 cloth, $18.00 paper.

Power and Humility: The Future of Monitory Democracy. By KeaneJohn. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2018. 492p. $89.99 cloth, $34.99 paper.

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  08 September 2020

Kyong-Min Son*
Affiliation:
University of Delaware

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