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'Civilisation' in the Balance

Is Western liberal democracy triumphant and if it is, will it remain so?

Is Western civilisation 鈥� based on liberal democracy, market economy and human rights 鈥� triumphant? If it does decline, what would replace it? Is there a rear-guard action by societies whose traditional existence is threatened by modernisation? Guests: Francis Fukuyama, Filipe Fern谩ndez-Armesto, Sami Zubaida.

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麻豆社 World Service Archive

This programme was restored as part of the World Service archive project