Adventures in DemocracyAdventures in Democracy Erica Benner Theres no simple way to measure how strong a democracy is, or how weak. Democracy is a living, breathing thing and Erica Benner has spent a lifetime thinking about the role ordinary citizens play in keeping it alive: from her childhood in post war Japan, where democracy was imposed on a defeated country, to working in post communist Poland, with its sudden gaps of wealth and security. This book draws on her