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Record Nr.

UNINA9910791920003321

Autore

Thompson Helen <1966 June 13->

Titolo

Might, right, prosperity and consent [[electronic resource] ] : representative democracy and the international economy, 1919-2001 / / Helen Thompson

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Manchester, : Manchester University Press, c2008

ISBN

1-78170-160-1

1-84779-234-0

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (305 p.)

Disciplina

321.8

Soggetti

Representative government and representation - History

Representative government and representation - Economic aspects

Democracy - History - 20th century

Democracy - Economic aspects

Power (Social sciences) - History - 20th century

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

9780719077500; 9780719077500; COPYRIGHT; Contents; Preface; Introduction; 1 The modern democratic nation-state; 2 The crises of the inter-war years; 3 The Bretton Woods rescue; 4 Crises and non-crises: financial liberalisation and the end of the Cold War; 5 Conclusions; Bibliography; Index

Sommario/riassunto

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