Political Order and Political Decay: From the Industrial Revolution to the Globalization of Democracy Contributor(s): Fukuyama, Francis (Author) |
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ISBN: 0374535620 ISBN-13: 9780374535629 Publisher: Farrar, Straus and Giroux
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BISAC Categories: - Political Science | History & Theory - General - Political Science | World - General - Political Science | Comparative Politics |
Dewey: 320.1 |
Physical Information: 1.9" H x 5.4" W x 8.2" L (1.25 lbs) 688 pages |
Features: Price on Product |
Review Citations: New York Times Book Review 01/24/2016 pg. 24 |
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Publisher Description: 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. |
Contributor Bio(s): Fukuyama, Francis: - Francis Fukuyama is the Olivier Nomellini Senior Fellow at Stanford University's Freeman Spogli Institute for International Studies. He has previously taught at the Paul H. Nitze School of Advanced International Studies of Johns Hopkins University and at the George Mason University School of Public Policy. He was a researcher at the RAND Corporation and served as the deputy director in the State Department's policy planning staff. He is the author of The End of History and the Last Man, Trust, and America at the Crossroads: Democracy, Power, and the Neoconservative Legacy. He lives with his wife in California. |
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