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

• Autore: Thompson Helen <1966 June 13->
• Pubblicazione: Manchester, : Manchester University Press, c2008
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (305 p.)
• Disciplina: 321.8
• Soggetto topico: Representative government and representation - History; Representative government and representation - Economic aspects; Democracy - History - 20th century; Democracy - Economic aspects; Power (Social sciences) - History - 20th century
• Soggetto genere / forma: Electronic books.
• 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
• Titolo autorizzato: Might, right, prosperity and consent
• ISBN: 1-78170-160-1; 1-84779-234-0
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910465615203321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II