Episode · The Ezra Klein Show · 2025-01-10
Books mentioned on Trump 2.0 and the Return of ‘Court Politics’
Ezra Klein discussed The Origins of Elected Strongmen by Erica Frantz and others. Erica Frantz recommended Autocracy Rising by Javier Corrales. Also mentioned: Dictators at War and Peace by Jessica L. P. Weeks and The Trumpiad by Cody Walker.
Books mentioned, in the order they came up
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The Origins of Elected Strongmen
Discussed“Erica France is a political scientist at Michigan State University and a co-author of the origins of elected strongmen how personal parties destroy democracy from within”
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Dictators at War and Peace
Dictators at War and Peace by Jessica L.
Recommended“so first I would recommend Jessica weeks who has a book called dictators at war in peace and this is our go-to book for explaining why personalistic dictatorship is bad for foreign policy”
Where to get it
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Autocracy Rising
Autocracy Rising by Javier Corrales is a political science book examining how democratic systems erode.
Recommended“I also would recommend Javier cordales who has a book called autocracy rising and this is this really detailed exploration of how Venezuela's democracy fell apart”
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The Trumpiad
The Trumpiad by Cody Walker is a satirical poetry collection responding to American political culture.
Recommended“And then lastly for some lovy I would recommend Cody Walker's poetry book called The trumped from I think 2016 or 2017”
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