Democracy goes into reverse -- How we got here -- The fourth wave -- It's the economy, stupid : the consensus fails -- The middle class revolts -- Graft, graft, and more graft -- The China model -- The autocrats strike back -- Failure of the emerging powers -- Failure of the West -- Prescriptions for the future -- Appendix: Egypt.
Summary:
Kurlantzick proposes that the spate of retreating democracies, one after another over the past two decades, reflects a new and disturbing trend: democracy in worldwide decline.
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