Francis Fukuyama

A history of the origins of modern democratic societies traces the development of formative political institutions conceived by evolving tribal groups that embraced an idea of government that is accountable to its citizens. By the award-winning author of The End of History and the Last Man. 75,000 first printing.

From Prehuman Times to the French Revolution

The Origins of Political Order

Enhanced by a new afterword dealing with the post-September 11th world, a provocative exploration of issues of human society and destiny answers such questions as, is there a direction to human history? does history have an end? and where are we now? Reprint. 25,00 first printing.

The End of History and the Last Man

A second volume in a landmark chronicle of the modern state examines how societies develop strong, impersonal and accountable political institutions, examining such subjects as the French Revolution, the Arab Spring and contemporary American politics. By the author of The Origins of Political Order.

From the Industrial Revolution to the Globalization of Democracy

Political Order and Political Decay

the demand for dignity and the politics of resentment

Identity

The Demand for Dignity and the Politics of Resentment

In his bestselling The End of History and the Last Man, Francis Fukuyama argued that the end of the Cold War would also mean the beginning of a struggle for position in the rapidly emerging order of 21st-century capitalism. In Trust, a penetrating assessment of the emerging global economic order "after History," he explains the social principles of economic life and tells us what we need to know to win the coming struggle for world dominance. Challenging orthodoxies of both the left and right, Fukuyama examines a wide range of national cultures in order to divine the underlying principles that foster social and economic prosperity. Insisting that we cannot divorce economic life from cultural life, he contends that in an era when social capital may be as important as physical capital, only those societies with a high degree of social trust will be able to create the flexible, large-scale business organizations that are needed to compete in the new global economy. A brilliant study of the interconnectedness of economic life with cultural life, Trust is also an essential antidote to the increasing drift of American culture into extreme forms of individualism, which, if unchecked, will have dire consequences for the nation's economic health.

The Social Virtues and the Creation of Prosperity

Trust

Liberalism and Its Discontents

A social philosopher examines how the foundation of liberal democracy, which is the belief that all human beings are equal by nature, could be shattered by the biotechnology revolution.

Consequences of the Biotechnology Revolution

Our Posthuman Future

Wie der Verlust der Würde unsere Demokratie gefährdet

Identität

أصول النظام السياسي

Tarihin Sonu ve Son Insan

A short book about the challenges to liberalism from the right and the left by Francis Fukuyama, bestselling author of The Origins of Political Order. Classical liberalism is in a state of crisis. Developed in the wake of Europe’s wars over religion and nationalism, liberalism is a system for governing diverse societies, which is grounded in fundamental principles of equality and the rule of law. It emphasizes the rights of individuals to pursue their own forms of happiness free from encroachment by government. It's no secret that liberalism didn't always live up to its own ideals. In America, many people were denied equality before the law. Who counted as full human beings worthy of universal rights was contested for centuries, and only recently has this circle expanded to include women, African Americans, LGBTQ+ people, and others. Conservatives complain that liberalism empties the common life of meaning. As the renowned political philosopher Francis Fukuyama shows in Liberalism and Its Discontents, the principles of liberalism have also, in recent decades, been pushed to new extremes by both the right and the left: neoliberals made a cult of economic freedom, and progressives focused on identity over human universality as central to their political vision. The result, Fukuyama argues, has been a fracturing of our civil society and an increasing peril to our democracy. In this short, clear account of our current political discontents, Fukuyama offers an essential defense of a revitalized liberalism for the twenty-first century.

Human Nature and the Reconstitution of Social Order

The Great Disruption

O liberalismo – o irmão de modos mais suaves em comparação com os mais ardentes nacionalismo e socialismo – nunca foi tão divisivo quanto hoje. No populismo de Putin, na administração Trump e nos governantes progressistas um pouco por todo o mundo, por vezes tem prosperado, outras vezes sucumbido, às políticas de identidade, ao autoritarismo, às redes sociais e a uma comunicação social cada vez mais fragilizada. Desde que surgiu após as guerras religiosas na Europa, que o liberalismo é atacado tanto por conservadores como por progressistas, tendo sido recentemente considerado uma doutrina «obsoleta». Nesta brilhante e concisa exposição, Francis Fukuyama define os casos a favor e contra as premissas clássicas do liberalismo: o primado da lei, a independência do poder judicial, a prevalência dos meios em relação aos fins e, acima de tudo, a tolerância. Conciso, objectivo e sempre pertinente, esta é reflexão política no seu melhor.

Liberalismo e Seus Descontentes

"يجادل هذا التحليل العميق والشامل، بطريقة مقنعة، في أن بعض أكثر القضايا الشائكة في عالمنا المعاصر- الفقر ومرض الإيدز والمخدرات والإرهاب- لاتنجم عن إفراط الدول في تنظيم وضبط شئونها، بل عن ضعف الدول." مجلة نيوزوييك مع مقدمة جديدة تشكل الدول الضعيفة أو الفاشلة مصدر العديد من أخطر مشاكل العالم وأعقدها، ومصدر التهديد الرئيس لأمننا اليوم. وفي معالجته هذه القضايا، يقدم فرانسس فوكوياما حلا جديدا: بناء الدولة. بناء الدول وتقويتها مهمة ضخمة، إذ يجب ابتكار العملية مجددا لكل دولة على حدة. ويتناول فوكوياما في هذا الكتاب البالغ الأهمية مفهوم بناء الدولة، ويناقش المشاكل التي يسببها ضعف الدولة، وآثارها الوطنية والدولية. من أفغانستان والعراق، إلى السودان والكونغو، يقتفي فوكوياما أثر مانعرفه- وفي أحيان أكثر، مالانعرفه- حول كيفية نقل المؤسسات العامة الفاعلة إلى الدول الضعيفة والنامية، بطرق تترك وراءها فوائد مستديمة. وتضع مقدمته الجديدة للطبعة الحالية آراءه في سياق احتواء الأزمة المستمرة في العراق. كما يتناول في بحثه العواقب التي تتركها الدول الضعيفة على النظام العالمي، والأرضية التي يمكن للمجتمع الدولي على أساسها التدخل بصورة شرعية لدعم وتقوية الدول الضعيفة. "بعقل جريء وأصيل حقا، وعين على الملامح غير المألوفة لعالم مقلوب رأسا على عقب، ومهارة في الكتابة بطرائق تستوجب الاهتمام... يجول فوكوياما فكريا على نطاق واسع". صحيفة الغارديان العبيكان للنشر

State Building: Governance and World Order in the 21st Century

بناء الدولة: النظام العالمي ومشكلة الحكم والإدارة في القرن الحادي والعشرين

الثقة - الفضائل الاجتماعية وتحقيق الازدهار

A defence of liberalism by the renowned political philosopher 'We need more thinkers as wise as Fukuyama digging their fingers into the soil of our predicament' The New York Times 'A brilliantly acute summary of the way some aspects of liberal thought have consumed themselves' Guardian 'One of the West's most interesting public intellectuals' Times 'Hard to think of a better case for liberal centrism' FT Liberalism - the comparatively mild-mannered sibling to the more ardent camps of nationalism and socialism - has never been so divisive as today. From Putin's populism, the Trump administration and autocratic rulers in democracies the world over, it has both thrived and failed under identity politics, authoritarianism, social media and a weakened free press the world over. Since its inception following the post-Reformation wars, liberalism has come under attack from conservatives and progressives alike, and today is dismissed by many as an 'obsolete doctrine'. In this brilliant and concise exposition, Francis Fukuyama sets out the cases for and against its classical premises: observing the rule of law, independence of judges, means over ends, and most of all, tolerance. Pithy, to the point, and ever pertinent, this is political dissection at its very best.

A provocative exploration of issues of human society and destiny answers such questions as, is there a direction to human history? does history have an end? and where are we now? Reprint.

Larry Diamond

Marc F. Plattner

The rise of populism in new democracies, especially in Latin America, has brought renewed urgency to the question of how liberal democracy deals with issues of poverty and inequality. Citizens who feel that democracy failed to improve their economic condition are often vulnerable to the appeal of political leaders with authoritarian tendencies. To counteract this trend, liberal democracies must establish policies that will reduce socioeconomic disparities without violating liberal principles, interfering with economic growth, or ignoring the consensus of the people. Poverty, Inequality, and Democracy addresses the complicated philosophical and moral issues surrounding the distribution of economic goods in free societies as well as the empirical relationships between democratization and trends in poverty and inequality. This volume also discusses the variety of welfare-state policies that have been adopted in different regions of the world. The book’s distinguished group of contributors provides a succinct synthesis of the scholarship on this topic. They address such broad issues as whether democracy promotes inequality, the socioeconomic factors that drive democratic failure, and the basic choices that societies must make as they decide how to deal with inequality. Chapters focus on particular regions or countries, examining how problems of poverty and inequality have been handled (or mishandled) by newer democracies in Latin America, Eastern Europe, Africa, and Asia. Poverty, Inequality, and Democracy will prove vital reading for all students of world politics, political economy, and democracy’s global prospects. Contributors: Dan Banik, Nancy Bermeo, Dorothee Bohle, Nathan Converse, Alberto Díaz-Cayeros, Francis Fukuyama, Béla Greskovits, Stephan Haggard, Ethan B. Kapstein, Robert R. Kaufman, Taekyoon Kim, Huck-Ju Kwon, Jooha Lee, Peter Lewis, Beatriz Magaloni, Mitchell A. Orenstein, Marc F. Plattner, Charles Simkins, Alejandro Toledo, Ilcheong Yi

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