Authoritarianism in the usa to date lacks its Tocqueville, its defining chronicler, but many latest guides have lose light on what is named, euphemistically, “democratic backsliding.” Some authors, such as historian Anne Applebaum, appear to Europe’s fascist resurgence for analogies and influences. Others, amongst them the political researchers Steven Levitsky http://delphi.larsbo.org/user/weightapple19