Might, right, prosperity and consent Representative democracy and the international economy 1919-2001

This book offers an original analysis of the problem of the authority of the state in democracies. Unlike many discussions of democracy that treat authority as a problem primarily of domestic politics or normative values, this book puts the international economy at the centre of the analysis. This v...

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Autor principal: Thompson, Helen (-)
Formato: Libro electrónico
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Manchester : Manchester University Press 2008.
Colección:EBSCO Academic eBook Collection Complete.
Acceso en línea:Conectar con la versión electrónica
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Sumario:This book offers an original analysis of the problem of the authority of the state in democracies. Unlike many discussions of democracy that treat authority as a problem primarily of domestic politics or normative values, this book puts the international economy at the centre of the analysis. This volume shows how changes in the international economy from the inter-war years to the end of the twentieth century impacted upon the success and failures of democracy. It makes the argument by considering a range of different cases, and it traces the success and failure of democracies over the past ce.
Descripción Física:305 p.
Formato:Forma de acceso: World Wide Web.
ISBN:9781847792341