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July 26, 2022

Jan-Werner Müller Dialogue

What are the rules of democracy?

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The January 6 commission is a reminder that a peaceful transfer of power is not guaranteed and that democracy is in trouble. But do many understand what democracy really is? In his book Democracy Rules, German historian and political scientist Jan-Werner Müller argues three things are crucial for its survival: political parties over populism, a free media and a healthy level of uncertainty.

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Jan-Werner Müller

“I think what's paradoxical about the situation in the U.S., but to some degree it's also true of other democracies, is that high degrees of polarization actually coexist with very weak and hollowed out political parties.”

Jan-Werner Müller

“I think what's paradoxical about the situation in the U.S., but to some degree it's also true of other democracies, is that high degrees of polarization actually coexist with very weak and hollowed out political parties.”

Jan-Werner Müller is a Roger Williams Straus Professor of Social Sciences at Princeton University. He is the author of several books, including What is Populism? (2017) and Democracy Rules (2021). 

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