A review of Trust: The Social Virtues and the Creation of Prosperity, by Francis Fukuyama.
About the Author
S. Gordon Redding, Poon Kam Kai Professor of Management Studies at the University of Hong Kong, is the author of The Spirit of Chinese Capitalism (1990).
Muslim-majority, non-Arab countries are “overachievers” at electoral competitiveness. Arab countries, by contrast, constitute a distinctive political community that at present is inhospitable to competitive elections.
The opposition within Cuba has become more diverse as well as more unified, and the regime, despite its enduring capacity for repression, is showing signs of underlying weakness.
