{"id":364,"date":"2021-12-07T21:43:15","date_gmt":"2021-12-07T21:43:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.messiah.edu\/politicsinternationalrelations\/?p=364"},"modified":"2021-12-07T21:46:32","modified_gmt":"2021-12-07T21:46:32","slug":"reading-in-reconciliation-from-politics-and-international-relations-capstone-twilight-of-democracy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.messiah.edu\/politicsinternationalrelations\/2021\/12\/07\/reading-in-reconciliation-from-politics-and-international-relations-capstone-twilight-of-democracy\/","title":{"rendered":"Reading in Reconciliation from Politics and International Relations Capstone &#8211; Twilight of Democracy"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_70\" style=\"width: 146px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.messiah.edu\/politicsinternationalrelations\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/23\/2019\/10\/Profile-Thumb.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-70\" class=\" wp-image-70\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.messiah.edu\/politicsinternationalrelations\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/23\/2019\/10\/Profile-Thumb.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"136\" height=\"136\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-70\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Dr. Robin Lauermann, Professor of Politics and International Relations &amp; Chair of History, Politics, and International Relations, edits this series<\/p><\/div>\n<p>(This post is the first of a set on Anne Applebaum&#8217;s <em>Twilight of Democracy<\/em>.\u00a0 Click to learn more about the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.messiah.edu\/politicsinternationalrelations\/2021\/10\/06\/readings-in-reconciliation-from-politics-and-international-relations-capstone-think-again-from-the-field\/\">segment<\/a>\u00a0and the series,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.messiah.edu\/politicsinternationalrelations\/2020\/02\/14\/welcome-and-introduction-to-from-the-field\/\"><em>From the Field.<\/em><\/a>)<\/p>\n<p>Our capstone students engaged this latest text, focused on the trajectory of democracy around the world and at home, with rich and nuanced thought, conversation and writing.\u00a0 Pulitzer Prize-winning historian, Anne Applebaum, known for her several works on the extremities of Soviet rule, tackles the latest global authoritarian trends in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.penguinrandomhouse.com\/books\/621076\/twilight-of-democracy-by-anne-applebaum\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><em>Twilight of Democracy: The Seductive Lure of Authoritarianism<\/em><\/a> by centering in the development of recent political trends in Poland, and tying them to events in other countries.\u00a0 \u00a0Blending analysis with personal experience, her work complements both country-specific writings, such as that of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.penguinrandomhouse.com\/books\/621076\/twilight-of-democracy-by-anne-applebaum\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Polish constitutional law scholar Wojciech Sadurski <\/a>\u00a0and the findings of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.idea.int\/gsod\/global-report\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">global autocratic trends by the International Institute for Democracy and Electoral Assistance<\/a>, among many other careful, evidence-based analyses.\u00a0 Although contemporary democracy does not reflect large-scale versions of Athenian society or New England town halls, it remains centered on popular sovereignty, an ultimate responsibility to the people.\u00a0 As such, Applebaum&#8217;s work calls all members of society to take responsibility to note trends and to promote options that allow each to have input into the system and security under the law.<\/p>\n<p>Wishing you thought-provoking reads!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>(This post is the first of a set on Anne Applebaum&#8217;s Twilight of Democracy.\u00a0 Click to learn more about the\u00a0segment\u00a0and the series,\u00a0From the Field.) 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