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Record Nr.

UNINA9910814579203321

Autore

Mosley Ivo <1951->

Titolo

Democracy, fascism, and the new world order [[electronic resource] /] / Ivo Mosley

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Exeter, UK ; ; Charlottesville, VA, : Imprint Academic, c2003

ISBN

1-283-68987-1

1-84540-401-7

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (98 p.)

Collana

Societas ; ; v. 6

Disciplina

321.8

Soggetti

Corporate state

Democracy

Fascism

Globalization

Political culture

Power (Social sciences)

World politics - 1989-

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 (p. [92]-93).

Nota di contenuto

Cover; Contents; Front matter; Epigraph; Title page; Copyright page; Acknowledgements; Introduction; Body matter; 1: Democracy and its Corruptions; 2: Communism and Fascism; 3: Corporations and the Corporate State; 4: Serving the Corporate State; 5: Plundering the Nations; 6: Eyeball to Eyeball: The fight against evil; 7: The Rule of Law; 8: International Law; Epilogue: War Without End, Amen; Back matter; Bibliography

Sommario/riassunto

Democracy is not a universal good, it is a political system, and like all political systems it is open to corruption. The word 'democracy' means 'rule by the people', not rule by a simple majority. To achieve rule by all the people, it used to be accepted that as much of civil life should be kept out of party politics as possible. A mixed constitution was one way of achieving this. By absorbing into itself the institutions of civil society, the modern democratic state has become an ever more...