Yascha Monk: ‘Liberal Democracy is Under Threat’

Jerome McDonnell and
Worldview host Jerome McDonnell and political scientist Yascha Mounk at the Chicago Council on Global Affairs in March 2018. Julian Hayda/WBEZ
Jerome McDonnell and
Worldview host Jerome McDonnell and political scientist Yascha Mounk at the Chicago Council on Global Affairs in March 2018. Julian Hayda/WBEZ

Yascha Monk: ‘Liberal Democracy is Under Threat’

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Political scientist Yascha Mounk believes liberal democracy is under threat — here and around the globe — and joins Worldview’s Jerome McDonnell for an in-depth conversation titled “The People vs. Democracy” at the Chicago Council on Global Affairs.

Mounk is a senior lecturer in political theory at Harvard University and author of the book The People vs. Democracy: Why Our Freedom Is in Danger and How to Save It. The event was joint produced by CCGA and WBEZ.