Aviezer Tucker - Democracy Against Liberalism

1 Title page Democracy Against Liberalism Its Rise and Fall Aviezer Tucker polity

2 Copyright page Copyright page Copyright © Aviezer Tucker 2020 The right of Aviezer Tucker to be identified as Author of this Work has been asserted in accordance with the UK Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988. First published in 2020 by Polity Press Polity Press 65 Bridge Street Cambridge CB2 1UR, UK Polity Press 101 Station Landing Suite 300 Medford, MA 02155, USA All rights reserved. Except for the quotation of short passages for the purpose of criticism and review, no part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system or transmitted, in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording or otherwise, without the prior permission of the publisher. ISBN-13: 978-1-5095-4120-1 (hardback) ISBN-13: 978-1-5095-4121-8 (paperback) A catalogue record for this book is available from the British Library. Typeset in 11 on 13pt Sabon by Fakenham Prepress Solutions, Fakenham, Norfolk NR21 8NL Printed and bound in Great Britain by TJ International Limited The publisher has used its best endeavours to ensure that the URLs for external websites referred to in this book are correct and active at the time of going to press. However, the publisher has no responsibility for the websites and can make no guarantee that a site will remain live or that the content is or will remain appropriate. Every effort has been made to trace all copyright holders, but if any have been overlooked the publisher will be pleased to include any necessary credits in any subsequent reprint or edition. For further information on Polity, visit our website: politybooks.com

3 1 What’s Your Problem? Illiberalism, Populism, Authoritarianism Democracy vs. Authoritarianism Liberalism vs. Absolutism Populism vs. Technocracy Eight Regimes The Scope of Neo-Illiberal Democracy Weimar, Jackson, Singapore Plan of the Book

4 2 Illiberal Democracy: Old Hemlock in Plastic Cups The Self-Destruction of Absolute Democracy Neo-Illiberal Unbalancing of the Liberal Checks The Judiciary Civil Service Civil Society and Independent Institutions Unmediated Politics Media Disinformation Populism as Wishful Thinking Historical Amnesia and Sisyphean Politics Neo-Illiberalism is not Neo-Nationalist Neo-Illiberalism is not an Over-Reaction to Immigration Neo-Illiberalism is not Confused Socialism

5 3 All the Roads Lead to Caesarea Post-Post-Totalitarian Pathway Path Dependency II A House Divided: Prognostic Instability Budapest on the Potomac The Surf Beaches of Utopia Dynamic Equilibria

6 4 It Ain’t Necessarily So: The Historical Evitability of Neo-Illiberal Democracy Historical Evitability A Contemporary Case for Economic Inevitability What happened? Contingencies Hungary Brexit Trump

7 5 New Liberalism without Nostalgia Preempting Populism Universal Basic Income Dispersing the Anonymous Mob: Tracing Electronic Origins Historical Education and Commemoration Breaking the Glass Barriers to Mobility Geographic Mobility Strengthening Liberal Institutions Democratic Election Systems New Liberalism without Nostalgia

8 References

9 Index

10 End User License Agreement

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Aviezer Tucker

polity

Copyright © Aviezer Tucker 2020

The right of Aviezer Tucker to be identified as Author of this Work has been asserted in accordance with the UK Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988.

First published in 2020 by Polity Press

Polity Press

65 Bridge Street

Cambridge CB2 1UR, UK

Polity Press

101 Station Landing

Suite 300

Medford, MA 02155, USA

All rights reserved. Except for the quotation of short passages for the purpose of criticism and review, no part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system or transmitted, in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording or otherwise, without the prior permission of the publisher.

ISBN-13: 978-1-5095-4120-1 (hardback)

ISBN-13: 978-1-5095-4121-8 (paperback)

A catalogue record for this book is available from the British Library.

Typeset in 11 on 13pt Sabon

by Fakenham Prepress Solutions, Fakenham, Norfolk NR21 8NL

Printed and bound in Great Britain by TJ International Limited

The publisher has used its best endeavours to ensure that the URLs for external websites referred to in this book are correct and active at the time of going to press. However, the publisher has no responsibility for the websites and can make no guarantee that a site will remain live or that the content is or will remain appropriate.

Every effort has been made to trace all copyright holders, but if any have been overlooked the publisher will be pleased to include any necessary credits in any subsequent reprint or edition.