A world of insecurity : democratic disenchantment in rich and poor countries /
Bardhan, Pranab K.,
A world of insecurity : democratic disenchantment in rich and poor countries / Pranab Bardhan. - Cambridge : Harvard University Press, 2022. - 225 p. ; 22 cm.
Insecurity, Inequality, and Democracy -- Take Back Control: Back to the Community? -- The Wild Fire of Resurgent Nationalism -- The Temptation of Authoritarianism -- The Slippery Slope of Majoritarianism -- Social Democracy Redux -- Social Democracy and Capitalism: A Restructuring of Their Fraught Link -- In Search of Economic Security: Universal Basic Income -- In Search of Security: Other Policies.
"A development economist with roots in India and the United States offers a short but deep and ambitious account of the corrosive effects of economic and cultural insecurity on liberal democracy in rich and poor countries alike. His diagnosis: the problem is not inequality or capitalism, but snowballing fear of material and cultural loss"--
9780674292574 (hbk.)
Democracy -- Economic aspects. -- Security (Psychology) -- Politics and culture
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A world of insecurity : democratic disenchantment in rich and poor countries / Pranab Bardhan. - Cambridge : Harvard University Press, 2022. - 225 p. ; 22 cm.
Insecurity, Inequality, and Democracy -- Take Back Control: Back to the Community? -- The Wild Fire of Resurgent Nationalism -- The Temptation of Authoritarianism -- The Slippery Slope of Majoritarianism -- Social Democracy Redux -- Social Democracy and Capitalism: A Restructuring of Their Fraught Link -- In Search of Economic Security: Universal Basic Income -- In Search of Security: Other Policies.
"A development economist with roots in India and the United States offers a short but deep and ambitious account of the corrosive effects of economic and cultural insecurity on liberal democracy in rich and poor countries alike. His diagnosis: the problem is not inequality or capitalism, but snowballing fear of material and cultural loss"--
9780674292574 (hbk.)
Democracy -- Economic aspects. -- Security (Psychology) -- Politics and culture
321.8