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Fight for liberty : defending democracy in the age of Trump / edited by Mark Lasswell.

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New York, NY : PublicAffairs, 2018.

Trump, Donald, 1946- -- Influence.

Freedom of speech.

Freedom of the press.

World politics -- 21st century.

Democracy -- United States.

Freedom of the press -- United States.

Freedom of speech -- United States.

Political culture -- United States.

United States -- Politics and government -- 2017-2021

9781541724167 (paperback) :

154172416X (paperback) :

xii, 306 pages ; 21 cm

The need for truth / Roger Scruton -- Values without borders / Elizabeth Cobbs -- Civics and civility / Michael Signer -- In praise of globalization / Jagdish Bhagwati -- The centrality of dissent / Natan Sharansky with Rachel Friedman -- At the heart of freedom : economic liberty / Deirdre McCloskey -- The anti-democratic contagion / Garry Kasparov -- The rise of statist great power: China / Minxin Pei -- Putin and his orchestrated-chaos machine / Anne Applebaum -- Political tribalism / John Avlon -- The digital assault on democracy / Massimo Calabresi -- The Islamist extremism challenge for liberal democracies / Joseph Lieberman and Vance Serchuk -- Failed states, metastasizing / Robert D. Kaplan -- Apocalypse in a nuclear warhead / William J. Perry -- The anti-press crusade goes global / Mark Lasswell -- The weakness in democracy's strength: complacency / Karl-Theodor zu Guttenberg -- Illiberals of the world, unite! / James Kirchick -- What the world needs now : U.S. leadership / Max Boot -- In defense of free trade / Richard Hurowitz -- Immigration for the 21st century / Linda Chavez -- The courts as bulwarks against tyranny / Michael C. Dorf -- Reform for Islam / Maajid Nawaz -- The free market remains essential / Tyler Cowen -- Facts and the free press / Ted Koppel -- World order and the American constitutional order / Philip Bobbitt -- Revitalizing the freedom of religion / Jonathan Sacks -- International linchpins of stability / Jose Maria Aznar -- The university's covenant with liberal democracy / Ronald Daniels -- Robust speech, robust democracy / Nancy Gertner -- All the difference in the world: the qualities of leadership / Richard North Patterson -- Interests vs. values / Bret Stephens -- Renew democracy manifesto.

Liberal democracy is in crisis around the world, besieged by authoritarianism, nationalism, and other illiberal forces. Far-right parties are gaining traction in Europe, Vladimir Putin tightens his grip on Russia and undermines democracy abroad, and America struggles with poisonous threats from the right and left. In these essays, the Renew Democracy Initiative-- a collective of pro-democracy advocates from across the political spectrum-- analyze the multi-pronged threats to liberal democracy in the U.S. and abroad, and offer solutions based on fundamental democratic principles such as freedom of speech, a free press, and the rule of law. -- adapted from info provided

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