Format:
VIII, 658 Seiten
,
graphische Darstellung
,
24 cm
Edition:
1. ed.
ISBN:
9780374227357
Content:
"The second volume of the bestselling landmark work on the history of the modern state 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 dysfunctions 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."--
Note:
Literaturverz. S. [601] - 631 und Index
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9781429944328
Additional Edition:
Erscheint auch als Online-Ausgabe Fukuyama, Francis, 1952 - Political order and political decay London : Profile Books, 2014 ISBN 1847658725
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9781847658722
Language:
English
Subjects:
Political Science
Keywords:
Staat
;
Politische Ordnung
;
Kulturverfall
;
Demokratie
;
Globalisierung
;
Geschichte 1800-2014
URL:
http://us.macmillan.com/books/9780374227357
Author information:
Fukuyama, Francis 1952-
