1st Edition
Capitalist Democracy on Trial The Transatlantic Debate from Tocqueville to the Present
By Dennis Smith
Copyright 1990
248 Pages
by
Routledge
248 Pages
by
Routledge
248 Pages
by
Routledge
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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... Read more
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
Biography
Dennis Smith
