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Confidence Trap

By David Runciman

Confidence Trap Social Sciences

Confidence Trap

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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. The Confidence Trap examines how democracy survived threats ranging from the Great Depression to the Cuban missile crisis, and from Watergate to the collapse of Lehman Brothers. It also looks at the confusion and uncertainty created by unexpected victories, from the defeat of German autocracy in 1918 to the defeat of communism in 1989. Throughout, the book pays close attention to the politicians and thinkers who grappled with these crises: from Woodrow Wilson, Nehru, and Adenauer to Fukuyama and Obama. The Confidence Trap shows that democracies are good at recovering from emergencies but bad at avoiding them. The lesson democracies tend to learn from their mistakes is that they can survive them--and that no crisis is as bad as it seems.
Product details
Edition:
1
Number of Pages:
381
Release Date:
2013-10-27
Publication Date:
2013-10-31
Publisher:
Princeton Univers. Press
Languages:
Original: English
ISBN10:
0691148686
ISBN13:
9780691148687
Weight:
514 g
Height:
149 cm
Width:
223 cm
Thickness:
35 cm
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