PoliticalOrderandPoliticalDecay

The second volume of Francis Fukuyama’s bestselling book on the history of modern states has finally arrived. This landmark work has received high praise, with David Gress from The Wall Street Journal calling it “magisterial in its learning and admirably immodest in its ambition.” Michael Lind from The New York Times Book Review describes it as “a major achievement by one of the leading public intellectuals of our time,” and Gerard DeGrott from The Washington Post declared, “this is a book that will be remembered. Bring on volume two.”

In this volume, Fukuyama tackles the essential question of how societies develop strong, impersonal, and accountable political institutions, tracing the story from the French Revolution to the challenges of contemporary American politics, the so-called Arab Spring and its aftermath. He examines the impact of corruption on governance, investigating why some societies have been successful in eradicating it, whereas others have struggled to do so. Fukuyama also delves into the influence of colonialism in Latin America, Africa, and Asia, analyzing the various legacies and why some regions have prospered and progressed more rapidly than others. Furthermore, he boldly speculates on the future of democracy, taking into account the rising global middle class and the entrenched political paralysis in the West.

Overall, Political Order and Political Decay is a comprehensive and insightful exploration of the struggle to establish a well-functioning modern state, and is sure to be a classic piece of political thought for generations to come.

作者简介

FrancisFukuyamaistheOlivierNomelliniSeniorFellowatStanfordUniversity’sFreemanSpogliInstituteforInternationalStudies.HehaspreviouslytaughtatthePaulH.NitzeSchoolofAdvancedInternationalStudiesatJohnsHopkinsUniversityandattheGeorgeMasonUniversitySchoolofPublicPolicy.FukuyamawasaresearcherattheRANDCorporationandservedasthedepu...