Check out  a new book called How Democracies Die, 2018 by Steven Levitsky and Daniel Ziblatt. According to Penguin Random House’s website “Harvard professors Steven Levitsky and Daniel Ziblatt have spent more than twenty years studying the breakdown of democracies in Europe and Latin America.”  This might be a fun read for your winter break.  Enjoy! 

https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/562246/how-democracies-die-by-steven-levitsky-and-daniel-ziblatt/9781524762933/