Political order and political decay : from the industrial revolution to the globalization of democracy /: from the industrial revolution to the globalization of democracy. (2014)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Francis Fukuyama.
• Authors: Fukuyama, Francis
• Other Names: Fukuyama, Francis
• Contents: Copyright Page; Contents; Introduction: Development of Political Institutions to the French Revolution; Part I: The State; Chapter 1: What Is Political Development?; Chapter 2: The Dimensions of Development; Chapter 3: Bureaucracy; Chapter 4: Prussia Builds a State; Chapter 5: Corruption; Chapter 6: The Birthplace of Democracy; Chapter 7: Italy and the Low-Trust Equilibrium; Chapter 8: Patronage and Reform; Chapter 9: The United States Invents Clientelism; Chapter 10: The End of the Spoils System; Chapter 11: Railroads, Forests, and American State Building; Chapter 12: Nation Building. Chapter 13: Good Government, Bad GovernmentPart II: Foreign Institutions; Chapter 14: Nigeria; Chapter 15: Geography; Chapter 16: Silver, Gold, and Sugar; Chapter 17: Dogs That Didn't Bark; Chapter 18: The Clean Slate; Chapter 19: Storms in Africa; Chapter 20: Indirect Rule; Chapter 21: Institutions, Domestic or Imported; Chapter 22: Lingua Francas; Chapter 23: The Strong Asian State; Chapter 24: The Struggle for Law in China; Chapter 25: The Reinvention of the Chinese State; Chapter 26: Three Regions; Part III: Democracy; Chapter 27: Why Did Democracy Spread? Chapter 28: The Long Road to DemocracyChapter 29: From 1848 to the Arab Spring; Chapter 30: The Middle Class and Democracy's Future; Part IV: Political Decay; Chapter 31: Political Decay; Chapter 32: A State of Courts and Parties; Chapter 33: Congress and the Repatrimonialization of American Politics; Chapter 34: America the Vetocracy; Chapter 35: Autonomy and Subordination; Chapter 36: Political Order and Political Decay; Notes; Bibliography; Acknowledgments; Index.
• Publisher Details: London : Profile Books
• Publication Date: 2014
• Extent: 1 online resource (658 pages .)
• Subjects: 320.1; State, The -- History; Order -- History; Comparative government -- History; Democracy -- History; Globalization -- History; Law -- History; POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Essays; POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Government -- General; POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Government -- National; POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Reference; Comparative government; Democracy; Globalization; Law; Order; State, The; Demokratie; Politische Ordnung; Politisches System; Staat; Staten -- historia; Jämförande politik -- historia; Demokrati -- historia; Globalisering -- politiska aspekter; Electronic books; History
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 1847658725; 9781847658722
• Related ISBNs: 9781846684364; 1846684366
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.; Note: Print version record.
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