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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

27 September 2014

8:00 AM

27 September 2014

8:00 AM

Political Order and Political Decay: From the Industrial Revolution to the Globalisation of Democracy Francis Fukuyama

Profile Books, pp.464, £25, ISBN: 9781846684364

The problem with a futuristic thesis — particularly when summarised by a futuristic title — is that it is likely to be thrown back at you in the future. This is the problem that Francis Fukuyama has faced ever since he published his daring and now much derided book, The End of History and the Last Man, in 1992.

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