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The confidence trap : a history of democracy in crisis from World War I to the present / David Runciman

By: Language: eng Publication details: Princeton, N.J. ; Oxford : Princeton University Press, ©2013.Description: XXIII, 381 p. ; 23 cmISBN:
  • 9780691148687
  • 0691148686
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 321.8
LOC classification:
  • JC 421 R939c 2013
Contents:
Cover; Title; Copyright; Dedication; CONTENTS; Preface; INTRODUCTION Tocqueville: Democracy and Crisis; CHAPTER 1 1918: False Dawn; CHAPTER 2 1933: Fear Itself; CHAPTER 3 1947: Trying Again; CHAPTER 4 1962: On the Brink; CHAPTER 5 1974: Crisis of Confidence; CHAPTER 6 1989: The End of History; CHAPTER 7 2008: Back to the Future; EPILOGUE The Confidence Trap; Acknowledgments; Notes; Bibliography; Index
Summary: Why do democracies keep lurching from success to failure? The current financial crisis is just the latest example of how things continue to go wrong, just when it looked like they were going right. In this wide-ranging, original, and compelling book, David Runciman tells the story of modern democracy through the history of moments of crisis, from the First World War to the economic crash of 2008. A global history with a special focus on the United States, The Confidence Trap examines how democracy survived threats ranging from the Great Depression to the Cuban missile crisis,
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Cover; Title; Copyright; Dedication; CONTENTS; Preface; INTRODUCTION Tocqueville: Democracy and Crisis; CHAPTER 1 1918: False Dawn; CHAPTER 2 1933: Fear Itself; CHAPTER 3 1947: Trying Again; CHAPTER 4 1962: On the Brink; CHAPTER 5 1974: Crisis of Confidence; CHAPTER 6 1989: The End of History; CHAPTER 7 2008: Back to the Future; EPILOGUE The Confidence Trap; Acknowledgments; Notes; Bibliography; Index

Why do democracies keep lurching from success to failure? The current financial crisis is just the latest example of how things continue to go wrong, just when it looked like they were going right. In this wide-ranging, original, and compelling book, David Runciman tells the story of modern democracy through the history of moments of crisis, from the First World War to the economic crash of 2008. A global history with a special focus on the United States, The Confidence Trap examines how democracy survived threats ranging from the Great Depression to the Cuban missile crisis,

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