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Title: Fourth Revolution, The: The Global Race to Reinvent the State
Author: WOOLDRIDGE ADRIAN/MICKLETHWAIT JOHN
Format: PAPERBACK
Publication date: 26/08/2015
Imprint: PENGUIN
Price: $25.00
Publishing status: Active
The more governments promise, the more we mistrust them. Something has to change. Travelling to the world’s biggest growing economies, John Micklethwait and Adrian Wooldridge argue that the West needs a new revolution in the history of the state, completely rethinking the role of government to ensure that liberal values triumph.
‘This is a book with an important message. It is also one that brims with intelligence, erudition, and-best of all-common sense.’ Fareed Zakaria
‘Brilliantly incisive, sparkling . . . Having repeatedly reinvented the state to deliver law and order, liberty and welfare, they argue, the West now needs a ‘fourth revolution’ to create a leaner, more efficient state to preserve freedom and democracy. It is a compelling argument.’ Daniel Johnson, Standpoint
‘Part handbook for reformers, part manifesto and part history of the state … an attempt to save big government from itself.’ Daniel Finkelstein, The Times
‘Boasts crystal-clear prose, intellectual curiosity and forensic data.’ George Eaton, New Statesman
ISBN: 9780141975245
Pages: 320