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

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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 forei...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Kurlantzick, Joshua, 1976- (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: New Haven : Yale University Press, ©2013.
Series:Council on Foreign Relations books.
Subjects:
Democracy > Case studies.
Democratization > Case studies.
Démocratisation > Études de cas.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Political Ideologies > Democracy.
HISTORY > Modern > 20th Century.
Democracy
Democratization
Case studies
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • 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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