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008 180111s2013 nju b 001 0 eng
020 _a9780691148687 (hardback)
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080 _a321.8
100 _aRunciman, David.
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245 4 _aThe confidence trap :
_ba history of democracy in crisis from World War I to the present /
_cDavid Runciman.
260 _aUK :
_bprinceton university press
_c2013
300 _axxiii, 381 p.
_c22 cm
504 _aIncludes bibliographical references (pages 345-367) and index.
520 _a"Why do democracies keep lurching from success to failure? The current financial crisis is just the latest example of how things continue to go wrong, just when it looked like they were going right. In this wide-ranging, original, and compelling book, Dav
650 _aDemocracy;Democracy;World politics;World politics;POLITICAL SCIENCE / Political Ideologies / Democracy.;POLITICAL SCIENCE / History & Theory.;HISTORY / Modern / 20th Century.;HISTORY / Modern / 21st Century.;HISTORY / World.;HISTORY / United States / Gene
_920468
650 _xHistory;History
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_cBK
999 _c20881
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