FRANCIS FUKUYAMA (n. 1952, Chicago) este unul dintre cei mai cunoscuti politologi. Are un doctorat in stiinte politice la Universitatea Harvard, cu o teza despre politica externa a Uniunii Sovietice in Orientul Mijlociu (1981). In anii 1981–1982 si 1989 a lucrat la Departamentul de Stat al Statelor Unite. A publicat numeroase studii si articole despre democratizare si politica economica internationala. In ultimii ani s?a concentrat asupra rolului culturii si al capitalului social in viata economica moderna si in tranzitia catre societatea informatizata.

Carti publicate: The End of History and the Last Man (1992; ed. rom. Sfarsitul istoriei si ultimul om, 1997), Trust: The Social Virtues and the Creation of Prosperity (1995), The Great Disruption: Human Nature and the Rconstitution of Social Order (1999; ed. rom. Marea ruptura: Natura umana si refacerea ordinii sociale, 2002), Our Posthuman Future: Consequences of the Biotechnology Revolution (2002; ed. rom. Viitorul nostru postuman: Consecintele revolutiei biotehnologice, 2004), State?Building: Governance and World Order in the 21st century (2004; ed. rom. Constructia statelor: Ordinea mondiala in secolul XXI, 2005), America at the Crossroads (2006; ed. rom. America la rascruce, 2006), The Origins of Political Order: From Prehuman Times to the French Revolution (2011), Political Order and Political Decay: From the Industrial Revolution to the Present Day (2014), Identity: The Demand for Dignity and the Politics of Resentment (2018).