Includes bibliographical references (pages 241-273) and index.
Contents
Democracy goes into reverse -- How we got here -- The fourth wave -- It's the economy, stupid : the consensus fails -- The middle class revolts -- Graft, graft, and more graft -- The China model -- The autocrats strike back -- Failure of the emerging powers -- Failure of the West -- Prescriptions for the future -- Appendix: Egypt.
Summary
Kurlantzick proposes that the spate of retreating democracies, one after another over the past two decades, reflects a new and disturbing trend: democracy in worldwide decline.
