The Light That Failed: Why the West Is Losing the Fight for Democracy
Why did the West, after winning the Cold War, lose its political balance?In the early 1990s, hopes for the eastward spread of liberal democracy were high. And yet the transformation of Eastern European countries gave rise to a bitter repudiation of liberalism itself, not only there but also back in the heartland of the West.In this brilliant work of political history, Ivan Krastev and Stephen Holmes argue that the supposed end of Communism turned out to be only the beginning of the age of the autocrat. Reckoning with the history of the last thirty years, they show that the most powerful force behind the wave of populist xenophobia that began…
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Weitere Autoren: Krastev, Ivan
- ISBN: 978-1-64313-369-0
- EAN: 9781643133690
- Produktnummer: 31783465
- Verlag: Pegasus Books
- Sprache: Englisch
- Erscheinungsjahr: 2020
- Seitenangabe: 256 S.
- Masse: H23.6 cm x B15.8 cm x D2.7 cm 417 g
- Gewicht: 417
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Stephen Holmes is a Professor at the NYU School of Law and the author of many books, including The Anatomy of Liberalism and The Beginning of Politics. He lives in Manhattan.
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