LEADER 03076nam 2200649 a 450 001 9910465615203321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a1-78170-160-1 010 $a1-84779-234-0 035 $a(CKB)2560000000085823 035 $a(EBL)1069616 035 $a(OCoLC)818847364 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000712810 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)12229355 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000712810 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10650330 035 $a(PQKB)10462582 035 $a(StDuBDS)EDZ0000086954 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC1069616 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL1069616 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10623309 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL843769 035 $a(EXLCZ)992560000000085823 100 $a20090306d2008 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aMight, right, prosperity and consent$b[electronic resource] $erepresentative democracy and the international economy, 1919-2001 /$fHelen Thompson 210 $aManchester $cManchester University Press$dc2008 215 $a1 online resource (305 p.) 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a0-7190-7750-8 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $a9780719077500; 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 330 $aThis 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 606 $aRepresentative government and representation$xHistory 606 $aRepresentative government and representation$xEconomic aspects 606 $aDemocracy$xHistory$y20th century 606 $aDemocracy$xEconomic aspects 606 $aPower (Social sciences)$xHistory$y20th century 608 $aElectronic books. 615 0$aRepresentative government and representation$xHistory. 615 0$aRepresentative government and representation$xEconomic aspects. 615 0$aDemocracy$xHistory 615 0$aDemocracy$xEconomic aspects. 615 0$aPower (Social sciences)$xHistory 676 $a321.8 700 $aThompson$b Helen$f1966 June 13-$0898346 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910465615203321 996 $aMight, right, prosperity and consent$92007188 997 $aUNINA