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Record Nr.

UNINA9910459150503321

Autore

Schumpeter Joseph A. <1883-1950>

Titolo

Capitalism, socialism and democracy / / Joseph A. Schumpeter ; with a new introduction by Joseph E. Stiglitz

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London ; ; New York : , : Routledge, , 2010

ISBN

1135154759

1282590006

9786612590009

0203857097

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (457 p.)

Collana

Routledge Classics

Altri autori (Persone)

StiglitzJoseph E

Disciplina

335

Soggetti

Capitalism

Democracy

Socialism

Political Science

Socialism, Communism & Anarchism

Law, Politics & Government

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

First published 1943 in the UK.

Nota di contenuto

BOOK COVER; TITLE; COPYRIGHT; CONTENTS; INTRODUCTION; PART I: THE MARXIAN DOCTRINE; 1 MARX THE PROPHET; 2 MARX THE SOCIOLOGIST; 3 MARX THE ECONOMIST; 4 MARX THE TEACHER; PART II: CAN CAPITALISM SURVIVE?; 5 THE RATE OF INCREASE OF TOTAL OUTPUT; 6 PLAUSIBLE CAPITALISM; 7 THE PROCESS OF CREATIVE DESTRUCTION; 8 MONOPOLISTIC PRACTICES; 9 CLOSED SEASON; 10 THE VANISHING OF INVESTMENT OPPORTUNITY; 11 THE CIVILIZATION OF CAPITALISM; 12 CRUMBLING WALLS; 13 GROWING HOSTILITY; 14 DECOMPOSITION; PART III: CAN SOCIALISM WORK?; 15 CLEARING DECKS; 16 THE SOCIALIST BLUEPRINT; 17 COMPARISON OF BLUEPRINTS

18 THE HUMAN ELEMENT19 TRANSITION; PART IV: SOCIALISM AND DEMOCRACY; 20 THE SETTING OF THE PROBLEM; 21 THE CLASSICAL DOCTRINE OF DEMOCRACY; 22 ANOTHER THEORY OF DEMOCRACY; 23 THE INFERENCE; PART V: A HISTORICAL SKETCH OF SOCIALIST PARTIES;



24 THE NONAGE; 25 THE SITUATION THAT MARX FACED; 26 FROM 1875 TO 1914; 27 FROM THE FIRST TO THE SECOND WORLD WAR; 28 THE CONSEQUENCES OF THE SECOND WORLD WAR; PREFACES AND COMMENTS ON LATER DEVELOPMENTS; PREFACE TO THE FIRST EDITION, 1942; PREFACE TO THE SECOND EDITION, 1946; PREFACE TO THE THIRD EDITION, 1949; THE MARCH INTO SOCIALISM; NOTES; INDEX

Sommario/riassunto

Capitalism, Socialism and Democracy remains one of the greatest works of social theory written in the twentieth Century. Schumpeter's contention that the seeds of capitalism's decline were internal, and his equal and opposite hostility to centralist socialism have perplexed, engaged and infuriated readers since the book's first publication in 1943. By refusing to become an advocate for either position, Schumpeter was able both to make his own great and original contribution and to clear the way for a more balanced consideration of the most important social movements of his and our