Podcast | Democracy, Populism, and the Tyranny of the Minority

Three political scientists join Jeffrey Rosen to discuss democratic instability, backsliding, and demagogues from a historical and global perspective. Guests included Harvard’s Steven Levitsky, author of Tyranny of the Minority: Why American Democracy Reached the Breaking Point, the University of Texas-Austin’s Kurt Weyland, author of Democracy’s Resilience to Populism’s Threat, and Princeton University’s Frances Lee. This program originally aired on November 27, 2023.
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13:10 what about Magna Carta?
Magna Carta was issued in June 1215 and was the first document to put into writing the principle that the king and his government was not above the law.

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I'm sorry is the United States a Republic or a democracy?

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A republic is a representative democracy.