ISBN:
9781412864145
,
9781412864152
Language:
English
Pages:
xv, 228 Seiten
Parallel Title:
Erscheint auch als Higley, John, author Endangered West
DDC:
305.5/2
Keywords:
Elite (Social sciences)
;
Social stratification
;
Political development
;
Economic development
;
Westliche Welt
;
Elite
;
Hegemonie
Abstract:
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
Note:
Includes bibliographical references and index
