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Light that Failed

Stephen Holmes Ivan Krastev

This thought-provoking book delves into the question of why the West lost its political balance after winning the Cold War. Using a lens of political psychology, the authors explore how the eastward spread of liberal democracy gave way to a repudiation of liberalism, both in Eastern Europe and the heartland of the West. Through the lens of the last thirty years, they highlight the powerful force behind populist xenophobia and argue that the Trump revolution is an ironic fulfillment of the promise that post-communist nations would resemble the United States.
Publish Date
2019-10-31T00:00:00.000Z
2019-10-31T00:00:00.000Z
Goodreads Rating
4.16
ISBN
9780141988108
Recommendations
1
Recommendations
2020-12-12T11:12:40.000Z
7. The Light that Failed by Krastev and Holmes. Another superb short book on the rise of populism. This looks at how the failure of post-Communist reforms in Eastern Europe and Russia inspired not just the rise of Putin/Orban but also paved the way to Trump and Farage.      source