LEADER 00944nam a2200265 i 4500 001 991001681829707536 005 20020502195447.0 008 951009s|||| it ||| | ita 035 $ab10890452-39ule_inst 035 $aLE02374416$9ExL 040 $aDip.to Studi Storici$bita 082 0 $a342 100 1 $aAmato, Giuliano$0111559 245 10$aManuale di diritto pubblico /$ca cura di Giuliano Amato e Augusto Barbera ; con la collaborazione di Carlo Fusaro 250 $a4. ed 260 $aBologna :$bIl Mulino, 300 $a1052 p. ;$c24 cm. 650 4$aDiritto pubblico$zItalia 700 1 $aBarbera, Augusto 907 $a.b10890452$b21-09-06$c28-06-02 912 $a991001681829707536 945 $aLE023 342 AMA 1 1$g1$iLE023N-04008$lle023$o-$pE0.00$q-$rl$s- $t0$u0$v0$w0$x0$y.i10997271$z28-06-02 996 $aManuale di diritto pubblico$9213348 997 $aUNISALENTO 998 $ale023$b01-01-95$cm$da $e-$fita$git $h0$i1 LEADER 03528nam 22005173u 450 001 9910220157203321 005 20210114062340.0 010 $a0-271-05535-9 010 $a0-271-05588-X 035 $a(CKB)2550000000089007 035 $a(EBL)3385031 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC3385031 035 $a(BIP)35578187 035 $a(EXLCZ)992550000000089007 100 $a20151005d2011 u|| | 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 10$aFeudal America $eElements of the Middle Ages in Contemporary Society 210 $aState College $cPennsylvania State University Press$d2011 215 $a1 online resource (184 p.) 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 08$a0-271-03782-2 327 $a""Front Cover""; ""Title Page""; ""Copyright""; ""Table of Contents""; ""Preface""; ""Acknowledgments""; ""Chapter One: The Feudal Model in Social Analysis""; ""Chapter Two: Feudal, Liberal, and Authoritarian Models as Tools for Analyzing the Middle Ages and Contemporary American Society""; ""Chapter Three: Big Money and Corporations as Promoters of Feudal Tendencies""; ""Chapter Four: The Feudal Model and the Organizational Level of Analysis""; ""Chapter Five: Private Coercion""; ""Personal Relations in American Politics and Business""; ""Conclusion""; ""References""; ""Index"" 327 $a""Back Cover"" 330 $aDo Americans live in a liberal capitalist society, where evenhanded competition rules the day, or a society in which big money, private security, and personal relations determine key social outcomes? Vladimir Shlapentokh and Joshua Woods argue that the answer to these questions cannot be found among the conventional models used to describe the nation. Offering a new analytical tool, the authors present a provocative explanation of the nature of contemporary society by comparing its essential characteristics to those of medieval European societies. Their feudal model emphasizes five elements: the weakness of the state and its inability to protect its territory, guarantee the security of its citizens, and enforce laws; conflicts and collusions between and within organizations that involve corruption and other forms of illegal or semilegal actions; the dominance of personal relations in political and economic life; the prevalence of an elitist ideology; and the use of private agents and organizations for the provision of safety and security. Feudal America urges readers to suspend their forward-thinking and futurist orientations, question linear notions of social and historical progression, and look for explanations of contemporary social problems in medieval European history. 606 $aSociology 606 $aUnited States -- Economic conditions -- 21st century 606 $aUnited States -- Politics and government -- 21st century 606 $aUnited States -- Social conditions -- 21st century 615 4$aSociology. 615 4$aUnited States -- Economic conditions -- 21st century. 615 4$aUnited States -- Politics and government -- 21st century. 615 4$aUnited States -- Social conditions -- 21st century. 676 $a306.0973/09051 700 $aShlapentokh$b Vladimir$0675978 701 $aWoods$b Joshua$0913795 801 0$bAU-PeEL 801 1$bAU-PeEL 801 2$bAU-PeEL 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910220157203321 996 $aFeudal America$92047413 997 $aUNINA