John Higley

The Endangered West (eBook, ePUB)

Myopic Elites and Fragile Social Orders in a Threatening World

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

Bold political elites and unique forms of social order brought the West to world dominance, but both are weakening dramatically in the contemporary period.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis eBooks
• Seitenzahl: 244
• Erscheinungstermin: 8. September 2017
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781351295383
• Artikelnr.: 49263809

Autorenporträt

John Higley

Inhaltsangabe

Preface
Introduction: Paradigms and Explanation in Social Science
1 Limits to Political and Social Aspiration
2 The West's Accidental and Unique Development
3 Elites and Political Development in the West
4 Ideological Illusions in Western Societies
5 Social Orders in the Post-Industrial West
6 The West in a Threatening World
7 Limits on the West
Epilogue: The Liberal Ideal as a Realistic Political Standard
Bibliography
Index