Democracy under Threat

This book takes a close look at democracy in practice in a global perspective, highlighting challenges from within and outside. Issues such as crisis in democratic leadership, fragile state of democratic institutions, populism, caudillism, and dynasty rule are discussed, paying as much attention to the threats of authoritarianism to the democratic order. Questions have been in addition raised whether the West has failed and whether leaders such as Gandhi and Havel
can help us to leave the era of post-truth behind us in order to create a humane order with reason, conscience, and responsibility.