Runciman The Confidence Trap

A History of Democracy in Crisis from World War I to the Present
Updated Auflage with a New afterword by the author
ISBN: 978-1-4008-6607-6
Verlag: De Gruyter
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch, 416 Seiten

David Runciman is professor of politics at the University of Cambridge and a fellow of Trinity Hall. His books include The Politics of Good Intentions and Political Hypocrisy (both Princeton). He writes regularly about politics for the London Review of Books.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Runciman, David

Weitere Mitwirkende

Runciman, David

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Preface xi Introduction: Tocqueville: Democracy and Crisis 1 Chapter 1 1918: False Dawn 35 Chapter 2 1933: Fear Itself 76 Chapter 3 1947: Trying Again 111 Chapter 4 1962: On the Brink 145 Chapter 5 1974: Crisis of Confidence 184 Chapter 6 1989: The End of History 225 Chapter 7 2008: Back to the Future 263 Epilogue The Confidence Trap 293 Afterword to the Paperback Edition 327 Acknowledgments 337 Notes 339 Bibliography 357 Index 381

Über Autor(innen)

David Runciman is professor of politics at the University of Cambridge and a fellow of Trinity Hall. His books include The Politics of Good Intentions and Political Hypocrisy (both Princeton). He writes regularly about politics for the London Review of Books.