Capitalist Democracy on Trial: The Transatlantic Debate from Tocqueville to the Present

ISBN-13: 9781032350585 / Angielski / Twarda / 2022 / 244 str.

Opis

First published in 1990, Capitalist Democracy on Trial explores the long transatlantic debate on capitalist democracy. Dennis Smith argues that the transatlantic debate has passed through three phases. This book will be an invaluable text for students of political science and the history of political economy.

Spis treści

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

O autorze

Dennis Smith