Democracy is a much more complicated thing than we often give it credit for and certainly speaking dichotomously about democracy being in crisis or not is an oversimplification.

Larry Bartels

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Larry Bartels is the May Werthan Shayne Chair of Public Policy and Social Science at Vanderbilt University and a Co-Director for the Center for the Study of Democratic Institutions. His new book is called Democracy Erodes from the Top: Leaders, Citizens, and the Challenge of Populism in Europe.

Key Highlights

• Introduction - 0:34
• A Crisis of Democracy? 3:02
• Populism 23:20
• Political Restraint - 37:49
• What is Democracy? 44:51

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