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The Narrow Corridor: States, Societies, and the Fate of Liberty, Robinson, James
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- ISBN
- 9780735224384
- Book Title
- Narrow Corridor : States, Societies, and the Fate of Liberty
- Item Length
- 9.5in
- Publisher
- Penguin Publishing Group
- Publication Year
- 2019
- Format
- Hardcover
- Language
- English
- Item Height
- 1.8in
- Genre
- Social Science, Political Science
- Topic
- Political Economy, History & Theory, Comparative Politics, Violence in Society, Political Freedom, Sociology / Social Theory
- Item Width
- 6.4in
- Item Weight
- 31.9 Oz
- Number of Pages
- 576 Pages
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From the authors of the international bestseller Why Nations Fail , a crucial new big-picture framework that answers the question of how liberty flourishes in some states but falls to authoritarianism or anarchy in others--and explains how it can continue to thrive despite new threats. In Why Nations Fail , Daron Acemoglu and James A. Robinson argued that countries rise and fall based not on culture, geography, or chance, but on the power of their institutions. In their new book, they build a new theory about liberty and how to achieve it, drawing a wealth of evidence from both current affairs and disparate threads of world history. Liberty is hardly the natural order of things. In most places and at most times, the strong have dominated the weak and human freedom has been quashed by force or by customs and norms. Either states have been too weak to protect individuals from these threats, or states have been too strong for people to protect themselves from despotism. Liberty emerges only when a delicate and precarious balance is struck between state and society. There is a Western myth that political liberty is a durable construct, arrived at by a process of enlightenment. This static view is a fantasy, the authors argue. In reality, the corridor to liberty is narrow and stays open only via a fundamental and incessant struggle between state and society: The authors look to the American Civil Rights Movement, Europe's early and recent history, the Zapotec civilization circa 500 BCE, and Lagos's efforts to uproot corruption and institute government accountability to illustrate what it takes to get and stay in the corridor. But they also examine Chinese imperial history, colonialism in the Pacific, India's caste system, Saudi Arabia's suffocating cage of norms, and the "Paper Leviathan" of many Latin American and African nations to show how countries can drift away from it, and explain the feedback loops that make liberty harder to achieve. Today we are in the midst of a time of wrenching destabilization. We need liberty more than ever, and yet the corridor to liberty is becoming narrower and more treacherous. The danger on the horizon is not just the loss of our political freedom, however grim that is in itself; it is also the disintegration of the prosperity and safety that critically depend on liberty. The opposite of the corridor of liberty is the road to ruin.
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Penguin Publishing Group
ISBN-10
0735224382
ISBN-13
9780735224384
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4038718089
Product Key Features
Book Title
Narrow Corridor : States, Societies, and the Fate of Liberty
Format
Hardcover
Language
English
Topic
Political Economy, History & Theory, Comparative Politics, Violence in Society, Political Freedom, Sociology / Social Theory
Publication Year
2019
Genre
Social Science, Political Science
Number of Pages
576 Pages
Dimensions
Item Length
9.5in
Item Height
1.8in
Item Width
6.4in
Item Weight
31.9 Oz
Additional Product Features
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Jc585.A188 2019
Reviews
"Another outstanding, insightful book by Acemoglu and Robinson on the importance and difficulty of getting and maintaining a successful democratic state. Packed with examples and analysis, it is a pleasure to read." --Peter Diamond, Nobel Laureate in Economics, 2010 "The Narrow Corridor takes us on a fascinating journey, across continents and through human history, to discover the critical ingredient of liberty. It finds that it's up to each of us: that ingredient is our own commitments, as citizens, to support democratic values. In these times, there can be no more important message--nor any more important book." --George Akerlof, Nobel Laureate in Economics, 2001 "Two of the world's best social scientists have written a magisterial book of immense insight and learning, a true tour de force. From its rich historical study of the delicate balance between state and society it draws a chilling conclusion every thinking person should be aware of: liberty is as rare as it is fragile, wedged uneasily between tyranny and anarchy." --Joel Mokyr, author of A Culture of Growth
Copyright Date
2019
Target Audience
Trade
Lccn
2019-009146
Dewey Decimal
323.44
Dewey Edition
23
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Yes
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