Democracy in retreat : the revolt of the middle class and the worldwide decline of representative government /

"Since the end of the Cold War, the assumption among most political theorists has been that as nations develop economically, they will also become more democratic--especially if a vibrant middle class takes root. This assumption underlies the expansion of the European Union and much of American...

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Autor principal: Kurlantzick, Joshua, 1976-
Formato: Libro
Lenguaje:Inglés
Publicado: New Haven : Yale University Press, c2013.
Materias:
Democracy > Case studies.
Democratization > Case studies.
Democracia > Casos de estudio.
Democratización > Casos de estudio.
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Biblioteca Max von Buch (UdeSA) de Universidad de San Andrés
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Democracy goes into reverse
  • How we got here
  • The fourth wave
  • It's the economy, stupid : the consensus fails
  • The middle class revolts
  • Graft, graft, and more graft
  • The China model
  • The autocrats strike back
  • Failure of the emerging powers
  • Failure of the West
  • Prescriptions for the future
  • Appendix: Egypt.

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