Capitalist Democracy on Trial

The Transatlantic Debate from Tocqueville to the Present
1. Auflage 2022
ISBN: 978-1-032-35058-5
Verlag: Routledge

Buch, Englisch, 248 Seiten, Format (B × H): 145 mm x 222 mm, Gewicht: 448 g

Reihe: Routledge Revivals

First published in 1990, Capitalist Democracy on Trial explores the long transatlantic debate on capitalist democracy. It examines the conflicting verdicts of writers and politicians in the USA and Europe. The first section focuses on democracy and the rise of big business. It discusses the views of Tocqueville, Mill, Carnegie, Chamberlain, Bryce, Ostrogorski, Veblen and Hobson. The second section covers capitalism and the rise of ‘big government’. The writers represented are Laski, Lasswell, Hayek, Schumpeter, Galbraith, Friedman, Miliband, Brittan, Piven, and Cloward. Using a historical and comparative framework Dennis Smith argues that the transatlantic debate on capitalist democracy has passed through three phases. By World War I the early nineteenth century ideology of ‘participation’ had been replaced by a conception of capitalist democracy as ‘manipulation’. Between the wars this was superseded by an ideology of ‘regulation’. Then the drift has been towards the need for ‘conservation’. His systematic approach demonstrate the dynamics of an unfolding debate and combines theoretical insight with clarity of exposition. This book will be an invaluable text for students of political science, sociology, social theory, and the history of political economy.

Zielgruppe

Postgraduate

Autoren/Hrsg.

Smith, Dennis

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Politische Systeme Demokratie
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Politikwissenschaft Allgemein Politische Geschichte
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Politikwissenschaft Allgemein Politische Studien zu einzelnen Ländern und Gebieten
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Politikwissenschaft Allgemein Politische Theorie, Politische Philosophie

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Acknowledgements 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? 12. Three phases of capitalist democracy Bibliography Name Index Subject Index

Über Autor(innen)

Dennis Smith