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Illiberal Democracy or Undemocratic Liberalism?

In the space of a few short months, the idea that Donald Trump might actually become US President has gone from preposterous speculation to terrifying possibility. If Trump's rise reflects an excess of democracy, as some now contend, it is also a response to decades of too little.

CAMBRIDGE – How did it come to this? In the space of a few short months, the prospect of a President Donald Trump has gone from preposterous speculation to terrifying possibility. How could a man with so little political experience and such manifest disregard for facts get so close to the White House?

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