Preface to the Second Edition
Journal: Princeton University Press eBooks
Year: 2019

The central question of our times is whether we are witnessing the worldwide rejection of liberal democracy and its replacement by some sort of populist authoritarianism. Strong signs of this trend are to be found in Trump's Amer i ca, Putin's Rus sia, Modi's India and Erdoan's Turkey. In addition, we have numerous examples of already existing authoritarian governments (Orbn in Hungary, [Andrzej] Duda in Poland), and major aspirants to authoritarian right-wing rule in France, Austria and other E