01789    a2200253   4500003000800000005001700008007000300025008004100028020001800069020001500087040001700102041000900119050002300128082001000151100004600161245011100207260007300318300002900391500005300420505040900473520058700882650003501469650003101504BJBSDDR20230411090708.0ta271020s2013    nju||||| |||| 00| 0 eng d  a9780691148687  a0691148686  bspacBJBSDDR  aeng 14aJC 421bR939c 201300a321.81 aRunciman, David,d1967-q(David Walter), 14aThe confidence trap : ba history of democracy in crisis from World War I to the present /cDavid Runciman  aPrinceton, N.J. ; aOxford : bPrinceton University Press, c©2013.  aXXIII, 381 p. ; c23 cm   aDescription based upon print version of record.
  aCover; Title; Copyright; Dedication; CONTENTS; Preface; INTRODUCTION Tocqueville: Democracy and Crisis; CHAPTER 1 1918: False Dawn; CHAPTER 2 1933: Fear Itself; CHAPTER 3 1947: Trying Again; CHAPTER 4 1962: On the Brink; CHAPTER 5 1974: Crisis of Confidence; CHAPTER 6 1989: The End of History; CHAPTER 7 2008: Back to the Future; EPILOGUE The Confidence Trap; Acknowledgments; Notes; Bibliography; Index  aWhy 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, David Runciman tells the story of modern democracy through the history of moments of crisis, from the First World War to the economic crash of 2008. A global history with a special focus on the United States, The Confidence Trap examines how democracy survived threats ranging from the Great Depression to the Cuban missile crisis, 4aDemocraciaxHistoriaySiglo XX 4aPolitica mundialySiglo XX