{"product_id":"political-order-and-political-decay-from-the-industrial-revolution-to-the-globalization-of-democracy-paperback","title":"Political Order and Political Decay: From the Industrial Revolution to the Globalization of Democracy - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eFrancis Fukuyama\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe second volume of the bestselling landmark work on the history of the modern state\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWriting in \u003ci\u003eThe Wall Street Journal\u003c\/i\u003e, David Gress called Francis Fukuyama's\u003ci\u003e Origins of Political Order\u003c\/i\u003e magisterial in its learning and admirably immodest in its ambition. In \u003ci\u003eThe New York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e, Michael Lind described the book as a major achievement by one of the leading public intellectuals of our time. And in \u003ci\u003eThe Washington Post\u003c\/i\u003e, Gerard DeGrott exclaimed this is a book that will be remembered. Bring on volume two.\u003cbr\u003e Volume two is finally here, completing the most important work of political thought in at least a generation. Taking up the essential question of how societies develop strong, impersonal, and accountable political institutions, Fukuyama follows the story from the French Revolution to the so-called Arab Spring and the deep dysfunctions of contemporary American politics. He examines the effects of corruption on governance, and why some societies have been successful at rooting it out. He explores the different legacies of colonialism in Latin America, Africa, and Asia, and offers a clear-eyed account of why some regions have thrived and developed more quickly than others. And he boldly reckons with the future of democracy in the face of a rising global middle class and entrenched political paralysis in the West.\u003cbr\u003e A sweeping, masterful account of the struggle to create a well-functioning modern state, \u003ci\u003ePolitical Order and Political Decay\u003c\/i\u003e is destined to be a classic.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eFrancis Fukuyama\u003c\/b\u003e is the Olivier Nomellini Senior Fellow at Stanford University's Freeman Spogli Institute for International Studies. He has previously taught at the Paul H. Nitze School of Advanced International Studies of the Johns Hopkins University and at the George Mason University School of Public Policy. Fukuyama was a researcher at the RAND Corporation and served on the State Department's Policy Planning Staff. He is the author of \u003ci\u003eThe Origins of Political Order\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe End of History and the Last Man\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eTrust\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eAmerica at the Crossroads\u003c\/i\u003e, among other books. He lives with his wife in California.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 688\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.9 x 8.2 x 5.4 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e October 13, 2015\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47454074896562,"sku":"9780374535629","price":23.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0770\/3891\/1666\/files\/9e525ccb0615483c9c6bfaf40a111c43.webp?v=1778842444","url":"https:\/\/box.dadyminds.org\/products\/political-order-and-political-decay-from-the-industrial-revolution-to-the-globalization-of-democracy-paperback","provider":"DADYMINDS BOX","version":"1.0","type":"link"}