The narrow corridor : states, societies, and the fate of liberty / Daron Acemoglu and James A. Robinson.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Acemoglu, Daron, author.

Robinson, James A., 1960- author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Liberty.

State, The.

Power (Social sciences)--Political aspects.

Power (Social sciences).

Direct democracy.

Decentralization in government.

Executive power.

Violence--Political aspects.

Violence.

Physical Description:

xvii, 558 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (chiefly color), maps (some color) ; 25 cm

Place of Publication:

New York : Penguin Press, 2019.

Summary:

"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"-- Provided by publisher.

The most fundamental definition of liberty is that people are free from violence, intimidation, and other demeaning acts. Acemoglu and Robinson examine how and why human societies have achieved liberty-- or failed to achieve it. Believing that liberty is a basic aspiration of all human beings, they examine why it has been rare in history-- and is rare today. -- adapted from foreword

Contents:

How does history end?

The Red Queen

Will to power

Economics outside the corridor

Allegory of good government

The European scissors

Mandate of Heaven

Broken Red Queen

Devil in the details

What's the matter with Ferguson?

The paper leviathan

Wahhab's children

Red Queen out of control

Into the corridor

Living with the leviathan.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages [519]-541) and index.

Other Format:

Online version: Acemoglu, Daron, Balance of power

ISBN:

9780735224384

0735224382

9781984879189

1984879189

OCLC:

1082389836