The end of authority : how a loss of legitimacy and broken trust are endangering our future / Douglas E. Schoen.

By: Material type: TextTextPublisher: Lanham, Maryland : Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, Inc., [2013]Copyright date: �2013Description: 1 online resource (269 pages) : illustrationsContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9781442220324 (e-book)
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: End of authorityDDC classification:
  • 320.01/1 23
LOC classification:
  • JC497 .S36 2013eb
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Contents:
Introduction : the crisis of authority -- Why the crisis of authority matters -- Documenting and understanding the loss of trust -- How trust works in democracies and autocracies -- Broken trust in democracies and autocracies -- Income inequality and the crisis of capitalism -- Income inequality : what's causing it, why it matters, and what to do -- Political corruption and crony capitalism -- The rise of anti-systemic politics : Europe and the United States -- The rise of anti-systemic politics : Russia, India, the Middle East, and Africa -- Technology : builder and betrayer of trust -- The need for bold solutions -- Conclusion : no time to lose.
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Includes index.

Introduction : the crisis of authority -- Why the crisis of authority matters -- Documenting and understanding the loss of trust -- How trust works in democracies and autocracies -- Broken trust in democracies and autocracies -- Income inequality and the crisis of capitalism -- Income inequality : what's causing it, why it matters, and what to do -- Political corruption and crony capitalism -- The rise of anti-systemic politics : Europe and the United States -- The rise of anti-systemic politics : Russia, India, the Middle East, and Africa -- Technology : builder and betrayer of trust -- The need for bold solutions -- Conclusion : no time to lose.

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Electronic reproduction. Palo Alto, Calif. : ebrary, 2013. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries.

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