Book contents
- Robustness and Fragility of Political Orders
- Robustness and Fragility of Political Orders
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Figures
- Contributors
- 1 Introduction
- 2 Robustness and Fragility of Political Orders
- 3 End of Democracy or Recurrent Conflict: Minimalist Democracy, Legitimacy Crisis, and Political Equality
- 4 Politics and the Administrative State
- 5 Roots in Common: The Fragility–Robustness of Democratic and Ecological Regimes
- 6 The End of Communist Rule in Europe: A Comparative Perspective on the Fragility and Robustness of Regimes
- 7 Democracy’s Fragility and the European Political Order
- 8 The American Fragility–Robustness Nexus
- 9 The Perils of Choice: Structure and Agency in EU Crisis Management
- 10 Conclusions
- Index
1 - Introduction
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 25 November 2022
Book contents
- Robustness and Fragility of Political Orders
- Robustness and Fragility of Political Orders
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Figures
- Contributors
- 1 Introduction
- 2 Robustness and Fragility of Political Orders
- 3 End of Democracy or Recurrent Conflict: Minimalist Democracy, Legitimacy Crisis, and Political Equality
- 4 Politics and the Administrative State
- 5 Roots in Common: The Fragility–Robustness of Democratic and Ecological Regimes
- 6 The End of Communist Rule in Europe: A Comparative Perspective on the Fragility and Robustness of Regimes
- 7 Democracy’s Fragility and the European Political Order
- 8 The American Fragility–Robustness Nexus
- 9 The Perils of Choice: Structure and Agency in EU Crisis Management
- 10 Conclusions
- Index
Summary
This chapter defines robustness and fragility, argues that they can only be determined confidently in retrospect, but that assessments made by political actors, whilst subjective, have important political implications. We suggest some of the consideration that may shape these assessment. They include ideology, historical lessons, and the Zeitgeist. We go on to describe the following chapters, providing an outline of the book.
- Type
- Chapter
- Information
- Robustness and Fragility of Political OrdersLeader Assessments, Responses, and Consequences, pp. 1 - 24Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2022