Daniel Ziblatt is Professor of Government at Harvard, specializing in the study of European politics, state-building, democratization and historical political economy. His book Structuring the State: The Formation of Italy and Germany and the Puzzle of Federalism (2006) draws lessons from nineteenth century experiences of state-building in Italy and Germany. His second book Conservative Parties and the Birth of Democracy (2017) offers a new interpretation of the historical democratization of Europe, drawing lessons for new and old democracies under siege today. His latest book How Democracies Die (co-authored with Steven Levitsky) was published in November 2017 and is currently on the New York Times bestseller list.
The following articles focus on Ziblatt's research for his book on conservative parties and the lessons of the political history of Europe's democratization for contemporary democracies:
