neo-conservatism, legitimacy and the theory of public capital /
First Statement of Responsibility
by H.T. Wilson.
.PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC
Place of Publication, Distribution, etc.
Boston :
Name of Publisher, Distributor, etc.
Brill,
Date of Publication, Distribution, etc.
2002.
PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION
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1 online resource (xiii, 308 pages).
SERIES
Series Title
International comparative social studies,
Volume Designation
v. 5
ISSN of Series
1568-4474 ;
INTERNAL BIBLIOGRAPHIES/INDEXES NOTE
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Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
CONTENTS NOTE
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Preface; 1 Introduction; 2 Capitalism and Legitimacy; 3 Legitimacy and Capitalism; 4 Sovereignty and Legitimacy; 5 Capitalism and Democracy; 6 What the People Do for Capitalism; 7 Property, Capital and Society; 8 Public Capital and its Co-optation; 9 The Public Debt: We Win, You Lose; 10 Privatization: Hypocrisy Triumphant; 11 Free Trade: The Supreme Illusion; 12 Legitimation Crisis?; 13 Capitalism after Postmodernism; Index of Names; Index of Subjects.
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SUMMARY OR ABSTRACT
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This work addresses issues in the old and new political economy. Going back to Marx, Weber and Habermas, it concludes that social intellectuals still have to rise to the occasion, rather than assisting in the massive self-confirming prophecy that postmodernism threatens to become.
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Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002.