Tim Bouverie

What’s that I hear? Francis Fukuyama back-pedalling frantically

A review of ‘Political Order and Political Decay’, by Francis Fukuyama. This excellent volume of comparative history and political science should be read by politicians and public alike

The end of The End of History. Photo by Robert Giroux/Getty Images 
issue 27 September 2014
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  • Political Order and Political Decay: From the Industrial Revolution to the Globalisation of Democracy

    Francis Fukuyama

    Profile Books, pp. 464

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