Democracy’s Broken Promises
Populists are doing all they can do to undermine liberal democracy. But liberal democracy's current troubles may also reflect the widening gap between its practice and the expectations raised by some of its advocates.
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SANTIAGO – Liberal democracy is under siege. Populists of the right and left are not only lashing out at globalization or stagnating middle-class incomes; they are calling into question the legitimacy of the institutions of liberal democracy and of the political elites who manage those institutions.