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Francis Fukuyama

Sarah Montague asks Francis Fukuyama whether his study of how democracy evolves provides lessons for Egypt, Libya, Afghanistan or even America itself?

Why have some countries ended up as stable democracies, like Denmark, and others have not? It's a question posed in the latest work of the American philosopher and political economist, Francis Fukuyama.

The man famous for writing The End of History has produced the first of two books that go back to look at the beginning and the middle of political history. HARDtalk's Sarah Montague asks whether his study of how democracy evolves provide lessons for Egypt, Libya, Afghanistan or even America itself?

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