The Retreat of Western Liberalism by Edward Luce.
Edward Luce examines the condition of Western liberal democracy and the pressures threatening its stability. The book treats political institutions as arrangements whose endurance cannot simply be assumed.
Read it as an invitation to scrutinize what makes a political order sustainable. A useful discussion asks which expectations support democratic life and what follows when citizens cease to believe those expectations can be met.
Abacus paperback, ISBN 9780349143026. Cover image courtesy of Hachette Australia.
The pictured edition is the Abacus paperback (ISBN 9780349143026), with a new afterword. The Apple Books option is the separate 2017 Atlantic Monthly Press US English ebook (ISBN 9780802188861); its contents and cover may differ. The publisher paperback link is a UK edition listing.
