History repeating : why populists rise and governments fall
Wilkin, Sam2018
Book
Political risk analyst Sam Wilkin was taken aback when he noticed that key indicators of trouble had started showing up in his own back yard. Could it really be true that Peru, the Philippines and Thailand were less risky than places like France? Bear in mind, Thailand's last military coup was about three years ago. So how can you tell when your country is headed for turbulence? And what does the best social science say we can do about it? A colourful romp through the history of recent revolutionary moments becomes a profound enquiry into the machinery of social unrest. Why are farming nations so unstable? Is there really a 'resource curse' on mineral-rich nations? Do tall rulers last longer? Just how good was the Czar's wine cellar? Wilkin answers all these questions and more in pursuit of the holy grail of political science: how to make things better without first making them much, much worse.
Main title:
Author:
Wilkin, Sam, author
Imprint:
London : Profile Books, 2018.
Collation:
vii, 279 pages ; 24 cm
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Audience:
Specialized.
ISBN:
9781781259689 (hbk)
Dewey class:
320.011
Language:
English
BRN:
2626071