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The confidence trap : a history of democracy in crisis from World War I to the present /

"Why do democracies keep lurching from success to failure? The current financial crisis is just the latest example of how things continue to go wrong, just when it looked like they were going right. In this wide-ranging, original, and compelling book, David Runciman tells the story of modern de...

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Main Author: Runciman, David
Format: Livro Geral
Language:Português
Published: 2013
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Democracia
Política mundial
Online Access:https://acervo.enap.gov.br/cgi-bin/koha/opac-detail.pl?biblionumber=524006
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spelling KOHA-OAI-ENAP:5240062023-01-24T15:04:15Z nam a22 7a 4500 524006 524119 BR-BrENAP 20220825141121.0 220815b xxu||||| |||| 00| 0 por d 9780691165837 BR-BrENAP Pt_BR eng. 321.8 R939c Runciman, David 57319 The confidence trap : a history of democracy in crisis from World War I to the present / por David Runciman. -- United States : Princeton University Press, 2013. xxiii, 393 p. Inclui bibliografia e índice. INTRODUCTION - Tocqueville: Democracy and Crisis CHAPTER 1 - 1918: False Dawn CHAPTER 2 - 1933: Fear Itself CHAPTER 3 - 1947: Trying Again CHAPTER 4 - 1962: On the Brink CHAPTER 5 - 1974: Crisis of Confidence CHAPTER 6 - 198g: The End of History CHAPTER 7 - 2008: Back to the Future EPILOGUE - The Confidence Trap Afterword to the Paperback Edition Acknowledgments Notes Bibliography Index "Why do democracies keep lurching from success to failure? The current financial crisis is just the latest example of how things continue to go wrong, just when it looked like they were going right. In this wide-ranging, original, and compelling book, 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. A global history with a special focus on the United States, 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. Breeding complacency rather than wisdom, crises lead to the dangerous belief that democracies can muddle through anything--a confidence trap that may lead to a crisis that is just too big to escape, if it hasn't already."-- Democracia História Século XX 11984 Democracia História Século XXI 11984 Política mundial Século XX 55361 Política mundial Século XXI 55361 202208 Vítor G
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Democracia
Política mundial
Política mundial
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Política mundial
Política mundial
Runciman, David
The confidence trap : a history of democracy in crisis from World War I to the present /
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Política mundial
description "Why do democracies keep lurching from success to failure? The current financial crisis is just the latest example of how things continue to go wrong, just when it looked like they were going right. In this wide-ranging, original, and compelling book, 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. A global history with a special focus on the United States, 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. Breeding complacency rather than wisdom, crises lead to the dangerous belief that democracies can muddle through anything--a confidence trap that may lead to a crisis that is just too big to escape, if it hasn't already."-- INTRODUCTION - Tocqueville: Democracy and Crisis CHAPTER 1 - 1918: False Dawn CHAPTER 2 - 1933: Fear Itself CHAPTER 3 - 1947: Trying Again CHAPTER 4 - 1962: On the Brink CHAPTER 5 - 1974: Crisis of Confidence CHAPTER 6 - 198g: The End of History CHAPTER 7 - 2008: Back to the Future EPILOGUE - The Confidence Trap Afterword to the Paperback Edition Acknowledgments Notes Bibliography Index
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