A group of residents gathered around posted public notices on a community bulletin board, reading about zoning changes or permit applications in a rural village.
This post was originally published in 2017. Political Order and Political Decay is the second part of Francis Fukuyama’s epic tome of political economy begun in 2011 with The Origins of Political Order. The 2014 follow-up fills out the 2011 tome’s theory of politics as biology with consideration of Democracy and The Western State, Colonialism, and ultimately…
Palm Sunday marks the beginning of Holy Week—a time of reflection, humility, and hope. For centuries, communities have paused in this season to ask deep questions about leadership, sacrifice, and service. In that spirit, it feels like the right moment to take a fresh look at what public policy and good governance means, especially in…
