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Country United Kingdom Publisher Polity Editor Nathan Gardels | 3.9/5 Goodreads Language English Originally published 2013 Subject Governance | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Intelligent Governance for the 21st Century: A Middle Way Between West and East is a book published in 2012 by the investor and philanthropist Nicolas Berggruen and the editor and writer Nathan Gardels.
Contents
It argues that Western democracies have become stymied by populism and short-term thinking, while authoritarian Eastern nations, notably China, need to bolster their meritocratic but authoritarian systems with the popular legitimacy characteristic of Western polities.
The book was first published in English and later translated into Spanish, Portuguese and other languages.
Contents
The book's conclusion, "Survival of the Wisest", argues that wisdom and long-term thinking combined to democratic legitimacy is the right political combination for success in a globalized world.