The Ideas That Conquered the World

✍ Scribed by Mandelbaum, Michael

• Publisher: PublicAffairs
• Year: 2011
• Tongue: English
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

The acclaimed author of The Ideas that Conquered the World investigates the reasons for democracy's exponential rise in the last century and critically examines democracy's potential in the Middle East, Russia, and China.

✦ Table of Contents

Acknowledgments --
Introduction --
1. The origins of democracy --
The triumph of democracy --
The two traditions --
The odd couple --
The career of popular sovereignty --
The trials of liberty --
2. Democracy from without : the course of modern history --
The leading brand --
English exceptionalism --
The two World Wars --
The contest of systems --
The American era --
3. Democracy from within : the magic of the market --
The constant companion --
The wealth effect --
Civil society --
The school for democracy --
Market failures --
4. Democracy and peace --
Modernity and peace --
Popular sovereignty and peace --
Liberty and peace --
Democracy versus peace --
Democracy and terrorism --
5. The future of democracy --
Democracy-promotion --
Democracy in Russia --
Democracy in China --
Democracy in the Arab world --
Democracy in the democracies --
Notes --
Index.