Democracy: Stories from the Long Road to Freedom Audiobook (Free)

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In the former secretary of state and bestselling author — a sweeping go through the global struggle for democracy and just why America must continue to support the cause of human freedom.

‘This heartfelt and sometimes very moving book shows why democracy proponents are so focused on their work…Both supporters and skeptics of democracy promotion should come from this book wiser and better informed.’ –The NY Occasions

From the finish from the Cold War and the collapse about Democracy: Stories from your Long Road to Freedom from the Soviet Union towards the ongoing struggle for human rights in the centre East, Condoleezza Rice has served on leading lines of history. As a kid, she was an eyewitness to a third awakening of freedom, when her hometown of Birmingham, Alabama, became the epicenter from the civil rights movement for black People in america.

Within this book, Rice explains what these epochal events teach us about democracy. At a time when people all over the world are thinking whether democracy is in decline, Rice shares insights from her experiences being a policymaker, scholar, and resident, in order to put democracy’s problems into perspective.

When america was founded, it had been the only attempt at self-government in the world. Today more than half of all countries qualify as democracies, and over time that number will continue to grow. Yet nothing at all worthwhile ever comes easily. Using America’s longer struggle like a template, Grain draws lessons for democracy all over the world — from Russia, Poland, and Ukraine, to Kenya, Colombia, and the Middle East. She discovers that no transitions to democracy will be the same because every country starts inside a different place. Pathways diverge and sometimes circle backward. Period frames for achievement vary dramatically, and countries frequently suffer false begins before getting it right. But, Rice argues, that does not mean they shouldn’t try. As the ideal conditions for democracy are popular in academia, they hardly ever exist in the real world. The question is not how to produce perfect situations but how to progress under difficult types.

These same insights apply in overcoming the challenges faced by governments today. The quest for democracy is a continuing struggle distributed by people all over the world, if they are opposing authoritarian regimes, building new democratic organizations, or reforming older democracies to better surpass their ideals. The task of securing it is never finished.