The fourth revolution : the global race to reinvent the state

Micklethwait, John.

Book 2014

"From the bestselling authors of The Right Nation, a visionary argument that our current crisis in government is nothing less than the fourth radical transition in the history of the nation-state. Dysfunctional government: It's become a cliche. And most of us are resigned to the fact that nothing is ever going to change. As John Micklethwait and Adrian Wooldridge show us, that is a seriously limited view of things. In fact, there have been three...

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Crisis management in government

East and West

Hobbes, Thomas, 1588-1679 Political and social views

Mill, John Stuart, 1806-1873 Political and social views

Nation-state

Political science History

Social change

United States Politics and government 1989-

Webb, Beatrice, 1858-1943 Political and social views

World politics 1989-

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ISBN:

9781594205392

Description:

305 pages, [8] unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 25 cm

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index

Contents:

Part One. The Three and a Half Revolutions
Thomas Hobbes and the Rise of the Nation-State
John Stuart Mill and the Liberal State
Beatrice Webb and the Welfare State
Milton Friedman's Paradise Lost
Part Two. From the West to the East
The Seven Deadly Sins--and One Great Virtue--of California Government
The Asian Alternative
Part Three. The Winds of Change
The Place Where the Future Happened First
Fixing Leviathan
What Is the State For?
Conclusion: The Democratic Deficit

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987536

Other Authors:

Wooldridge, Adrian

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