ISBN:
9781412864145
,
9781412864152
Sprache:
Englisch
Seiten:
xv, 228 Seiten
Paralleltitel:
Erscheint auch als Higley, John, author Endangered West
DDC:
305.5/2
Schlagwort(e):
Elite (Social sciences)
;
Social stratification
;
Political development
;
Economic development
;
Westliche Welt
;
Elite
;
Hegemonie
Kurzfassung:
Preface -- Introduction: paradigms and explanation in social science -- Limits to political and social aspiration -- The West's accidental and unique economic development -- Elites and political development in the West -- Ideological illusions in Western societies -- Social orders in the post-industrial West -- The West in a threatening world -- Limits on the West -- Epilogue: the liberal ideal as a realistic moral standard -- Bibliography
Anmerkung:
Includes bibliographical references and index