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Political Order and Political Decay from the Industrial Revolution to the Globalization of Democracy

Door Francis Fukuyama

Categorie	Politiek & Staatsinrichting
Boeknummer	#349035-VE37
Titel	Political Order and Political Decay from the Industrial Revolution to the Globalization of Democracy
Auteur	Fukuyama, Francis
Boektype	Gebonden hardcover met stofomslag
Uitgeverij	New York, NY : Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Jaar van uitgave	2014
ISBN10	0374227357
ISBN13	9780374227357
Taal	Engels
Beschrijving	Original gilt lettered boards, dust jacket, 8vo.
Samenvatting	Writing in The Wall Street Journal, David Gress called Francis Fukuyama's Origins of Political Order "magisterial in its learning and admirably immodest in its ambition." In The New York Times Book Review, Michael Lind described the book as "a major achievement by one of the leading public intellectuals of our time." And in The Washington Post, Gerard DeGrott exclaimed "this is a book that will be remembered. Bring on volume two." Volume two is finally here, completing the most important work of political thought in at least a generation. Taking up the essential question of how societies develop strong, impersonal, and accountable political institutions, Fukuyama follows the story from the French Revolution to the so-called Arab Spring and the deep dysfunctio... (Lees verder)ns of contemporary American politics. He examines the effects of corruption on governance, and why some societies have been successful at rooting it out. He explores the different legacies of colonialism in Latin America, Africa, and Asia, and offers a clear-eyed account of why some regions have thrived and developed more quickly than others. And he boldly reckons with the future of democracy in the face of a rising global middle class and entrenched political paralysis in the West. A sweeping, masterful account of the struggle to create a well-functioning modern state, Political Order and Political Decay is destined to be a classic.
Pagina's	658
Conditie	Goed
Prijs	€ 15,00

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