Democracy: Stories from the Long Road to Freedom (hardcover)
 
作者: Condoleezza Rice 
書城編號: 1288929

原價: HK$440.00
現售: HK$418 節省: HK$22

購買此書 10本或以上 9折, 60本或以上 8折

購買後立即進貨, 約需 18-25 天

 
 
出版社: Twelve
出版日期: 2017/05/09
重量: 0.77 kg
ISBN: 9781455540181

商品簡介
From the former secretary of state and bestselling author -- a sweeping look at the global struggle for democracy and why America must continue to support the cause of human freedom.

"This heartfelt and at times very moving book shows why democracy proponents are so committed to their work...Both supporters and skeptics of democracy promotion will come away from this book wiser and better informed." -- The New York Times

From the end of the Cold War and the collapse of the Soviet Union to the ongoing struggle for human rights in the Middle East, Condoleezza Rice has served on the front lines of history. As a child, she was an eyewitness to a third awakening of freedom, when her hometown of Birmingham, Alabama, became the epicenter of the civil rights movement for black Americans.

In this book, Rice explains what these epochal events teach us about democracy. At a time when people around the world are wondering whether democracy is in decline, Rice shares insights from her experiences as a policymaker, scholar, and citizen, in order to put democracy's challenges into perspective.

When the United States was founded, it was the only attempt at self-government in the world. Today more than half of all countries qualify as democracies, and in the long run that number will continue to grow. Yet nothing worthwhile ever comes easily. Using America's long struggle as a template, Rice draws lessons for democracy around the world -- from Russia, Poland, and Ukraine, to Kenya, Colombia, and the Middle East. She finds that no transitions to democracy are the same because every country starts in a different place. Pathways diverge and sometimes circle backward. Time frames for success vary dramatically, and countries often suffer false starts before getting it right. But, Rice argues, that does not mean they should not try. While the ideal conditions for democracy are well known in academia, they never exist in the real world. The question is not how to create perfect circumstances but how to move forward under difficult ones.

These same insights apply in overcoming the challenges faced by governments today. The pursuit of democracy is a continuing struggle shared by people around the world, whether they are opposing authoritarian regimes, establishing new democratic institutions, or reforming mature democracies to better live up to their ideals. The work of securing it is never finished.

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER

Condoleezza Rice 作者作品表

Political Risk (Paperback)

Political Risk (Hardcover)

Political Risk (Hardcover)

Democracy: Stories from the Long Road to Freedom (hardcover)

Democracy: The Long Road to Freedom (Paperback)

No Higher Honor (Paperback)

No Higher Honour (Paperback)

eBook: No Higher Honor (DRM EPUB)

eBook: No Higher Honour (DRM EPUB)

No Higher Honour (Hardcover)

eBook: Extraordinary, Ordinary People (DRM EPUB)

eBook: Condoleezza Rice: A Memoir of My Extraordinary, Ordinary Family and Me (DRM EPUB)

2017年5月 Top 100 暢銷英文書籍 同類商品


Crazy House (hardcover)

Expert Secrets: The Underground Playbook for Finding Your Message, Building a Tribe, and Changing the World (paperback)

Deep Thinking: Where Machine Intelligence Ends and Human Creativity Begins (hardcover)

Everything, Everything (paperback)

Dragon Teeth (hardcover)

The Reason for God (paperback)

Rules of Civility (paperback)

A Dog's Way Home (hardcover)

Unacknowledged: An Expose of the World's Greatest Secret (hardcover)

Jackie's Girl: My Life with the Kennedy Family (hardcover)

My Cousin Rachel (paperback)

Drive: The Surprising Truth about What Motivates Us (paperback)

Lord of Shadows (hardcover)

Gwendy's Button Box (hardcover)

Fish in a Tree (paperback)

Max E. James: Beach Bound (paperback)

Little Yellow Bee Lift a Flap (hardcover)

The Crucible (paperback)

Make Your Bed: Little Things That Can Change Your Life...and Maybe the World (hardcover)

Rising Star: The Making of Barack Obama (hardcover)

還有... [顯示所有書籍]

* 以上資料僅供參考之用, 香港書城並不保證以上資料的準確性及完整性。
* 如送貨地址在香港以外, 當書籍/產品入口時, 顧客須自行繳付入口關稅和其他入口銷售稅項。

 

 

 

  我的賬戶 |  購物車 |  出版社 |  團購優惠
加入供應商 |  廣告刊登 |  公司簡介 |  條款及細則

香港書城 版權所有 私隱政策聲明

顯示模式: 電腦版 (改為: 手機版)