LEADER 04534nam 2200601 450 001 9910813768903321 005 20240131141515.0 010 $a1-4214-1819-3 035 $a(CKB)3710000000444703 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC3433439 035 $a(OCoLC)913829114 035 $a(MdBmJHUP)muse46754 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL3433439 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr11077530 035 $a(EXLCZ)993710000000444703 100 $a20150724h20152015 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcnu|||||||| 181 $2rdacontent 182 $2rdamedia 183 $2rdacarrier 200 00$aDemocracy in decline? /$fedited by Larry Diamond, Marc F. Plattner ; essays by Francis Fukuyama [and seven others] ; foreword by Condoleezza Rice 210 1$aBaltimore, Maryland :$cJohns Hopkins University Press,$d2015. 210 4$dİ2015 215 $a1 online resource (140 pages) 225 1 $aJournal of Democracy Book 300 $aIncludes index. 311 $a1-4214-1818-5 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aIntroduction / Marc Plattner -- Why is Democracy Performing so Poorly? / Francis Fukuyama -- The Weight of Geopolitics / Robert Kagan -- Crisis and Transition, but not Decline / Philippe C. Schmitter -- The Myth of Democratic Recession / Steven Levitsky & Lucan Way -- Democracy Aid at 25 : Time to Choose / Thomas Carothers -- Conclusion : Facing Up to the Democratic Recession / Larry Diamond. 330 $a"Is Democracy in Decline? is a short book that takes up the fascinating question on whether this once-revolutionary form of government--the bedrock of Western liberalism--is fast disappearing. Has the growth of corporate capitalism, mass economic inequality, and endemic corruption reversed the spread of democracy worldwide? In this incisive collection, leading thinkers address this disturbing and critically important issue. Published as part of the National Endowment for Democracy's 25th anniversary--and drawn from articles forthcoming in the Journal of Democracy--this collection includes seven essays from a stellar group of democracy scholars: Francis Fukuyama, Robert Kagan, Thomas Carothers, Marc Plattner, Larry Diamond, Philippe Schmitter, Steven Levitsky, Ivan Krastev, and Lucan Way. Written in a thought-provoking style from seven different perspectives, this book provides an eye-opening look at how the very foundation of Western political culture may be imperiled"--$cProvided by publisher. 330 $a"For almost a decade, Freedom House's annual survey has highlighted a decline in democracy in most regions of the globe. While some analysts draw upon this evidence to argue that the world has entered a "democratic recession," others dispute that interpretation, emphasizing instead democracy's success in maintaining the huge gains it made during the last quarter of the twentieth century. Discussion of this question has moved beyond disputes about how many countries should be classified as democratic to embrace a host of wider concerns about the health of democracy: the poor economic and political performance of advanced democracies, the new self-confidence and assertiveness of a number of leading authoritarian countries, and a geopolitical weakening of democracies relative to these resurgent authoritarians.In Democracy in Decline?, eight of the world's leading public intellectuals and scholars of democracy--Francis Fukuyama, Robert Kagan, Philippe C. Schmitter, Steven Levitsky, Lucan Way, Thomas Carothers, and editors Larry Diamond and Marc F. Plattner--explore these concerns and offer competing viewpoints about the state of democracy today. This short collection of essays is essential reading for anyone wanting to understand the latest thinking on one of the most critical questions of our era"--$cProvided by publisher. 410 0$aJournal of democracy book. 606 $aDemocracy 606 $aDemocratization 606 $aWorld politics$y21st century 615 0$aDemocracy. 615 0$aDemocratization. 615 0$aWorld politics 676 $a321.8 686 $aPOL000000$aPOL009000$2bisacsh 702 $aDiamond$b Larry Jay 702 $aPlattner$b Marc F.$f1945- 702 $aFukuyama$b Francis 702 $aRice$b Condoleezza 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910813768903321 996 $aDemocracy in decline$93971424 997 $aUNINA