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Books : The Future of Freedom: Illiberal Democracy at Home and AbroadIn association with Amazon.comby: Fareed Zakaria  List Price: $24.95 Price: $13.88 You Save: $11.07 (44%)Prices subject to change. Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
Format: Bargain Price Number Of Items: 1 Number Of Pages: 256 Publication Date: March 31, 2003 Sales Rank: 416443 Related Items:
Editorial Review: Product Description: Democracy has reshaped politics, economics, and culture around the world. This provocative book asks, can you have too much of a good thing? Today we judge the value of every idea, institution, and individual by one test: is it popular? Or, more practically, do the majority of those polled like it? This transformation has affected not just politics but also business, law, culture, and even religion. Every institution and profession in society must democratize or die. Democracy has gone from being a form of government to a way of life. Like any broad transformation, however, the trends that democracy unleashes are not uniformly benign. Democracy has its dark sides, yet to question it has been to provoke instant criticism that you are "out of sync" with the times. No more. With an easy command of history, philosophy, and current affairs, Zakaria reinterprets our past and outlines our future. Woodrow Wilson said the challenge of the twentieth century was to make the world safe for democracy. This penetrating book challenges us to make democracy safe for the world. Average Rating:
 Rating:  - Future of freedomthis book is a must read for every American, it gives you a broad perspective of world politics and the role of the USA in todays world. Rating: - illiberal democracyExcellent. It is amazing how someone can write a book in 2003 and it match what is happening in 2008. Rating:  - An interesting, but problematical bookThe premise of the book is that democracy and freedom is not the same thing. Zakaria bemoans that too much direct democracy is a bad and the indirect republican form of democracy is the best form of governance that leads to more freedom than direct democracy does. I agree with the author that freedom and democracy are not the same thing. Minority rights can be trampled by direct democracy where people make the laws. Just witness the results Proposition 8 in California. A few polls ... Read More Rating: - The next President needs to hire this man!Zakaria is a brilliant mind. I was first introduced to him by some of his writings in Newsweek. His one page articles are often insightful and offer readers new perspectives. I didn't like everything about this book but yet I cannot resist giving it a perfect 5 stars. Zakaria offers readers a new model of looking at societies. His book reminded me of Jarred Diamond's "Guns, Germs, and Steel". Both these books tackle the topic of why certain countries and regions are more prosperous. For example, why ... Read More Rating: - A must-read for Americans. Zakaria reminds us of a critical insight we've collectively forgotten.Here is a critical (but not flawless) book. In it, Fareed Zakaria reminds Americans of an idea that was obvious and fundamental to the founders of our nation, but is now anathema to most: That Democracy and freedom are not one and the same, and that too much Democracy can quickly become the enemy of freedom. That probably sounds strange to most Americans, which is why Zakaria wrote this book. We've been raised to believe that Democracy is unquestionably good and that more of it is always ... Read More Browse for similar items by category: 
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