The Great Disruption

In this provocative bestseller, Fukuyama examines the profound societal transformations of the last few decades and asserts that they have contributed to the breakdown of communities, the rise of violent crime, and the decline of morality. 24 graphs & charts.

Contents

Acknowledgments

Part ONE: The Great Disruption

1. Playing by the Rules

2. Crime, Family, Trust: What Happened

3. Causes: The Conventional Wisdom

4. Causes: Demographic, Economic, and Cultural

5. The Special Role of Women

6. Consequences of the Great Disruption

7. Was the Great Disruption Inevitable?

Part TWO: On the Genealogy of Morals

8. Where Do Norms Come From?

9. Human Nature and Social Order

10. The Origins of Cooperation

11. Self-Organization

12. Technology, Networks, and Social Capital

13. The Limits of Spontaneity and the Inevitability of Hierarchy

14. Beyond Cave 76

Part THREE: the great reconstruction

15. Does Capitalism Deplete Social Capital?

16. Reconstructions Past, Present, and Future

Appendix: Additional Data and Sources

Notes

Bibliography

Index