The Enemies of Democracy? - Review of How Democracy Ends by David Runciman
Contemporary political science has long been obsessed with the topic of democratic transition or the origins of democracy, especially after the fall of the former Soviet Union and the “end of history” statement – claiming the triumph of liberal democracy over communist system and other political doctrines as the only viable political system. But the puzzle remains to be answered: what if democracies could possibly wither away and break down in face of some destructive conting