Capitalist democracy has been on trial for over 200 years. This major work considers the verdicts delivered by major writers and politicians in the USA and Britain, from de Tocqueville, Mill and Veblen through to Galbraith, Hayek and Miliband. This book should be of interest to students and teachers in sociology, history and political philosophy.
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Höhe: 216 mm
Breite: 138 mm
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978-0-415-04044-0 (9780415040440)
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1. Introduction Part One: Democracy and the Rise of Big Business 2. Tocqueville and Mill 3. Carnegie and Chamberlain 4. Ostrogorski and Bryce 5. Veblen and Hobson 6. Who rules? Part Two: Capitalism and the Rise of Big Government 7. Laski and Lasswell 8. Schumpeter and Hayek 9. Galbraith and Crosland 10. Friedman, Brittan, Miliband, Piven and Cloward 11. Who Benefits?.