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Biografisk notat
David M. Ricci was a fellow at the Institute for Advanced Study in Princeton, the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars in Washington, DC, and the Brookings Institution in Washington. He was the Chair of the Hebrew University Department of American Studies and the Department of Political Science. He is the author of eight scholarly books including The Tragedy of Political Science (1984), The Transformation of American Politics (1993), Good Citizenship in America (2004), Politics without Stories (2016), and Post-Truth American Politics (2023).
'In the wake of Donald Trump's election, David Ricci calls upon Americans to stop moaning and groaning but instead wake up and act as citizens again. If the United States is to maintain its democracy, its people must draw from their traditions to fight encroaching autocracy. It won't be easy, but as this eminently readable and well researched book shows us, it is possible. For those in despair over America's present predicament, Ricci offers an analysis and way forward to restoring a democracy that is in danger of being lost.' Steven R. David, Johns Hopkins University
'Defending Democracy is a call for citizen action to restore common sense at a time when the public sphere is fragmented by a technologically enhanced notion that every opinion is equally valid in politics. David Ricci's writing is enormously erudite, full of historically informed wisdom, and nevertheless highly accessible and thought-provoking. The book will outlast the Trump presidency, as it points to deeper problems with current democracy and society.' Peter Wagner, Catalan Institute for Research and Advanced Studies (ICREA) and University of Barcelona
'In the wake of Donald Trump's election, David Ricci calls upon Americans to stop moaning and groaning but instead wake up and act as citizens again. If the United States is to maintain its democracy, its people must draw from their traditions to fight encroaching autocracy. It won't be easy, but as this eminently readable and well researched book shows us, it is possible. For those in despair over America's present predicament, Ricci offers an analysis and way forward to restoring a democracy that is in danger of being lost.' Steven R. David, Johns Hopkins University
'Defending Democracy is a call for citizen action to restore common sense at a time when the public sphere is fragmented by a technologically enhanced notion that every opinion is equally valid in politics. David Ricci's writing is enormously erudite, full of historically informed wisdom, and nevertheless highly accessible and thought-provoking. The book will outlast the Trump presidency, as it points to deeper problems with current democracy and society.' Peter Wagner, Catalan Institute for Research and Advanced Studies (ICREA) and University of Barcelona