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1 online resource (234 pages) |
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In his widely acclaimed book Time to Start Thinking, Financial Times chief US columnist and commentator Edward Luce charted the course of America's relative decline, proving to be a prescient voice on our current social and political turmoil. In The Retreat of Western Liberalism, Luce makes a larger statement about the weakening of western hegemony and the crisis of liberal democracy-of which Donald Trump and his European counterparts are not the cause, but a terrifying symptom. Luce argues that we are on a menacing trajectory brought about by ignorance of what it took to build the West, arrogance towards society's economic losers, and complacency about our system's durability-attitudes that have been emerging since the fall of the Berlin Wall. We cannot move forward without a clear diagnosis of what has gone wrong. Unless the West can rekindle an economy that produces gains for the majority of its people, its political liberties may be doomed. The West's faith in history teaches us to take democracy for granted. Reality tells us something troublingly different. Combining on-the-ground reporting with intelligent synthesis of the literature and economic analysis, Luce offers a detailed projection of the consequences of the Trump administration, the rise of European populism, and a forward-thinking analysis of what those who believe in enlightenment values must do to defend them from the multiple onslaughts they face in the coming years. |
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Explores the weakening Western hegemony and the crisis of liberal democracy as consequences of an economic system that erodes middle-class incomes and a society that has become complacent about the durability of its institutions. |
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 205-217) and index. |
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Requires Boundless App. |
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2000-2099 |
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World politics -- 1989-
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Democracy.
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Civilization, Western.
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Political culture.
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Liberalism.
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Political culture -- Western countries.
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Income distribution -- Western countries.
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Economic history. |
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Income distribution. |
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Liberalism. |
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Political culture. |
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Politics and government. |
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Western countries -- Politics and government -- 21st century.
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Western countries -- Economic conditions -- 21st century.
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Western countries. |
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Downloadable electronic books. |
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Electronic books. |
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Electronic reproduction of (manifestation): Luce, Edward, 1968- Retreat of western liberalism New York : Atlantic Monthly Press, [2017] 9780802127396 (NjBwBT)bl2017020095 (OCoLC)973292644 |
| ISBN |
9780802188861 : $23.99 |
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0802188869 : $23.99 |
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