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Zusatztext Reid-Henry makes the case for seeing our recent past as a distinct period! as well as showing that this era is drawing to a close. He does this convincingly! stylishly and with verve. This is as good a general account as we have of democracy's dysfunctions and discontents over the last 50 years! and a significant improvement on most of the books published recently on our current disorders... in this fine book he has at least provided some starting points for thinking about what we need to do next to overcomes the morbid systems of our age and build something new. Informationen zum Autor Simon Reid-Henry is a writer and prize-winner scholar. Associate Professor at Queen Mary, University of London, he holds a joint position as a Senior Researcher at the Peace Research Institute, Oslo. Klappentext A history of the Western world from the 1970s to the present day, charting life since the end of the Cold War. 'As exciting and readable as a Cold War thriller' "The Times" The first panoramic history of the Western world from the 1970s to the present day: Empire of Democracy is the story for those asking how we got to where we are. Zusammenfassung The first panoramic history of the Western world from the 1970s to the present day: Empire of Democracy is the story for those asking how we got to where we are.
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Formidably ambitious... boldly attempts to paint a thematic portrait of the world's democracies and delivers an argument that leaders grounded these political structures on free-market economics... There is much to admire in Reid-Henry's book Financial Times 20191019
