Bardhan, Pranab

A world of insecurity : democratic disenchantment in rich and poor countries / Pranab Bardhan. - Landon : Harvard University Press, 2022. - 225 pages ; 23 cm.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Insecurity, Inequality, and Democracy -- Take Back Control: Back to the Community? -- The Wild Fire of Resurgent Nationalism -- The Temptation of Authoritarianism -- The Slippery Slope of Majoritarianism -- Social Democracy Redux -- Social Democracy and Capitalism: A Restructuring of Their Fraught Link -- In Search of Economic Security: Universal Basic Income -- In Search of Security: Other Policies.

"A development economist with roots in India and the United States offers a short but deep and ambitious account of the corrosive effects of economic and cultural insecurity on liberal democracy in rich and poor countries alike. His diagnosis: the problem is not inequality or capitalism, but snowballing fear of material and cultural loss"--

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Democracy--Economic aspects.
Security (Psychology)
Economic security.
Authoritarianism.
Politics and culture.
Fear.

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