Democracy Book Club
Democracy Book Club
The DEMOCRACY BOOK CLUB is a monthly opportunity for bookstores and readers to engage with important authors on the subject of the DEFENSE OF DEMOCRACY.
HOW IT WORKS:
Each month, we feature a book on a pressing issue related to democracy, and encourage you to read it either by yourself (great) or with your local book club (even better!). At the end of the month, we invite you to JOIN THE AUTHOR in a virtual discussion about their book. In the past year we have enjoyed talks with Margaret Atwood, Congressman Jamie Raskin, Dahlia Lithwick, and many other luminaries.
DEMOCRACY BOOK CLUB
September 2024
An Evening with
NANCY ROSENBLUM & RUSSELL MUIRHEAD
in conversation with
James Carroll
discussing
UNGOVERNING:
The Attack on the Administrative State and the Politics of Chaos
Tuesday, September 17
6:30pm ET / 5:30pm CT
About the Authors
Nancy L. Rosenblum is Senator Joseph Clark Professor of Ethics in Politics and Government emerita at Harvard University. She has chaired the Department of Government and co-edited the Annual Review of Political Science. Among her books in political theory are On the Side of the Angels: an Appreciation of Parties and Partisanship, Good Neighbors: the Democracy of Everyday Life in America and, with Russell Muirhead, A Lot of People are Saying: the New Conspiracism and the Assault on Democracy.
Russell Muirhead teaches at Dartmouth College, where he is the Robert Clements Professor of Democracy and Politics. Muirhead has collaborated with Nancy Rosenblum on a book about conspiracy and American democracy and has also written on partisanship and polarization and the moral meaning of work. Muirhead also serves in the New Hampshire House of Representatives, where he focuses on election law and defending voting rights against MAGA attacks inspired by the “Stop the Steal” conspiracy.
Our thanks to The Charles Hotel — Harvard Square, Harvard Book Store, and Books & Books for hosting!
June 2024
A Virtual Afternoon with
ROBERT EDWARDS
in conversation with
James Carroll
discussing
RESISTING THE RIGHT: How to Survive the Gathering Storm
Saturday, June 15
3:00pm ET / 2:00pm CT
Our thanks to Books & Books for hosting!
May 2024
A Virtual Afternoon with
SARAH CHAYES
in conversation with
John Passacantando
discussing
ON CORRUPTION IN AMERICA —AND WHAT IS AT STAKE
Friday, May 31
3:00pm ET / 2:00pm CT
My favorite book of the twenty-first century on political corruption.”
—United States Representative Jamie Raskin
April 2024
A Virtual Afternoon with
OMER BARTOV, LEILA FARSAKH, & RU FREEMAN
in conversation with
Jacki Lyden
discussing
FROM GAZA TO WASHINGTON: THE WAR ABROAD & AT HOME
Saturday, April 27
3:00pm ET / 2:00pm CT
March 2024
A Virtual Afternoon with
ALEX HINTON
in conversation with
Peter Balakian
discussing
IT CAN HAPPEN HERE:
White Power & the Rising Threat of Genocide in the U.S.
Saturday, March 9
3:00pm ET / 2:00pm CT
