TY - BOOK AU - Bardhan,Pranab TI - A world of insecurity: democratic disenchantment in rich and poor countries SN - 9780674259843 U1 - 321.8 PY - 2022/// CY - Landon PB - Harvard University Press KW - Democracy KW - Economic aspects KW - Security (Psychology) KW - Economic security KW - Authoritarianism KW - Politics and culture KW - Fear N1 - 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 N2 - "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"-- ER -