{"product_id":"the-decline-and-rise-of-democracy-9780691177465","title":"The Decline and Rise of Democracy","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"One of BBC History Magazine's Best Books of 2020\"\u003cbr\u003e\"A bracing stringency is one of the virtues of \u003ci\u003eThe Decline and Rise of Democracy\u003c\/i\u003e. It sweeps across the globe in command of recent scholarship. . . . It shows how complex democracy’s patterns are and, on the evidence, how simpler accounts of its past and prospects stumble.\" * The Economist *\u003cbr\u003e\"An outstanding volume that analyses the development of democracy and autocracy in a refreshing and relevant way.\"\u003cb\u003e---Simon Sebag Montefiore, \u003ci\u003eBBC History Magazine\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Democracy is a naturally occurring condition in humanity societies. This single idea sets Stasavage apart from so many theorists who look to the past.\"\u003cb\u003e---Justin Kempf, \u003ci\u003eDemocracy Paradox\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"I opened \u003ci\u003eThe Decline and Rise of Democracy: A Global History from Antiquity to Today\u003c\/i\u003e, by David Stasavage (Princeton, 2020), hoping to find insights on the prospects for democracy in Russia, and China. And so I did. I closed the book with a better understanding of American democracy as well.\"\u003cb\u003e---David Warsh, \u003ci\u003eEconomic Principals\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"A rich and coherent account of democracy’s evolution over millennia and across diverse geographical and environmental settings, \"a deep history\". . . . This volume helps us look into the future, and one might be unsettled by what can be seen.\"\u003cb\u003e---Varghese K. George, \u003ci\u003eThe Hindu\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"\u003cp\u003eThis book’s optimism and wide-eyed wonder sprouts like T.S. Eliot’s lilac through the dead earth of current Western declinism.\u003c\/p\u003e\"\u003cb\u003e---David Muir, \u003ci\u003eThe American Interest\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"A fascinating voyage through time and place.\"\u003cb\u003e---Pierre Lemieux, \u003ci\u003eRegulation\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"David Stasavage offers a rich, international overview on the origins of democracy and the conditions under which democracy flourishes (or doesn’t). . . . an outstanding piece of scholarly writing not just because of the theory it develops, but how it does so: In clear, concise, and forceful prose — the rarest of combinations, which makes this book all the more enjoyable.\"\u003cb\u003e---Felix Simon, \u003ci\u003eMedium\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"[Stasavage's] approach is refreshing and inspiring.\"\u003cb\u003e---Wim Blockmans, \u003ci\u003eParliaments, Estates, and Representation\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Stasavage has written an excellent analysis of the concept of democracy that gives hope and a better understanding of how this concept can be salvaged from the threats that are rising and the challenges that lie ahead.\"\u003cb\u003e---John M. Bublic, \u003ci\u003eThe European Legacy\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"A piece of remarkable scholarship.\"\u003cb\u003e---George Tridimas, \u003ci\u003eConstitutional Political Economy\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e","brand":"Princeton University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49403849245015,"sku":"9780691177465","price":35.7,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780691177465.jpg?v=1730484713","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/the-decline-and-rise-of-democracy-9780691177465","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}