Declinism

Declinism is the belief that a society or institution is tending towards decline. Particularly, it is the predisposition, due to cognitive bias…

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2018

Chess, the first truly universal sport, experienced unique national tensions, as the regularity of international master chess and…

2017

The causes of the contemporary wave of populist successes? These can be largely explained by declinism, the feeling, shared by…

2016

Michel Houellebecq's novels are known for their negative outcomes. While the plots of his six novels differ, his characters are…

2015

This thesis examines the level of trade union membership amongst wool textile workers in the Yorkshire woollen district after…

Review

2014

Review

2014

Is America in decline, yet again? Recent literature suggests some negative trends--an erosion of power, legitimacy and authority…

2013

Abstract: Ways of looking at the possible decline of the United States are not necessarily quantifiable and speak of an…

2008

Contents: Preface Workplace cultures and business performance: British labour relations and industrial output in comparative…

2005

This article reflects on the case for American "declinism" at the end of the Reagan administration, the apparent rejuvenation of…

2004

Following the terrorist attacks of 9/11, some commentators drew a parallel between al Qaeda's strike and Japan's bombing of Pearl…

1993

THE PERGEPTION, far exceeding the reality, of American decline is having subdy harmful consequences for U.S. international…