How to Save a Constitutional Democracy

1 Liberal Constitutional Democracy and Its Alternatives 6

2 Two Pathways from Liberal Constitutional Democracy 35

3 When Democracies Collapse 49

4 When Democracies Decay 68

5 Will American Democracy Persist? 120

6 Making Democratic Constitutions that Endure 164

7 Saving Democracy, American Style 205

Conclusion: On Fighting Democratic Erosion 237

Notes 247

Index 287