01876 a2200289 4500 114841 114841 BJBSDDR 20230411090708.0 ta 271020s2013 nju||||| |||| 00| 0 eng d 9780691148687 0691148686 spa BJBSDDR eng JC 421 R939c 2013 321.8 Runciman, David, 1967- (David Walter), The confidence trap : a history of democracy in crisis from World War I to the present / David Runciman Princeton, N.J. ; Oxford : Princeton University Press, ©2013. XXIII, 381 p. ; 23 cm Description based upon print version of record. Cover; 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 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, 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, 630 Democracia Historia Siglo XX 3265 Politica mundial Siglo XX lcc BK dpf 0 0 0 0 CS BJB BJB CS 2020-10-27 0 JC 421 R939c 2013 00000149917 2020-10-27 00:00:00 1 2020-10-27 BK