Book review : The Narrow Corridor: States, Societies, and the Fate of Liberty

Since the dawn of their prolific collaboration in 1998, Daron Acemoglu and James A. Robinson have confronted a plethora of cardinal questions in social sciences: Which institutions support long-term growth (Acemoglu et al., 2005)? What economic conditions facilitate the consolidation of democracy (Acemoglu & Robinson, 2006)? Does modernization induce democracy? (Acemoglu et al., 2008)? Drawing on this accumulated knowledge, The Narrow Corridor: States, Societies, and the Fate of Liberty, evaluates “how and why societies have achieved or failed to achieve liberty” (p. xiii)