Modernization and its political consequences : Weber, Mannheim, and Schumpeter /
People's capacity to give meaning and direction to social life is an essential dimension of political freedom. Yet many citizens of Western democracies believe that this freedom has become quite restricted. They feel they are at the mercy of anonymous structures and processes over which they ha...
| Основен автор: | Blokland, Hans Theodorus. |
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| Формат: | Електронна книга |
| Език: | English Dutch |
| Публикувано: |
New Haven :
Yale University Press,
℗♭2006.
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Modernization and its political consequences. |
| Резюме: |
People's capacity to give meaning and direction to social life is an essential dimension of political freedom. Yet many citizens of Western democracies believe that this freedom has become quite restricted. They feel they are at the mercy of anonymous structures and processes over which they have little control, structures and processes that present them with options and realities they might not have chosen if they had any real choice. As a result, political interest declines and political cynicism flourishes. The underlying cause of the powerlessness pervading the current political system could be modernization. Taking the work of Max Weber, Karl Mannheim, and Joseph Schumpeter as a point of departure, Hans Blokland here examines this process. The topics covered are, among others, the meaning of modernisation, the forces that drive it, and, especially, the consequences of modernisation for the political freedom of citizens to influence the course of their society via democratic politics. |
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| Физически характеристики: |
1 online resource (xv, 261 pages) |
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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. |
| Библиография: |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 241-250) and indexes. |
| ISBN: |
9780300134827 0300134827 |