Mandarins of the future : modernization theory in Cold War America / / Nils Gilman

• Autore: Gilman Nils <1971->
• Pubblicazione: Baltimore, : Johns Hopkins University Press, 2003
• Edizione: 1st ed.
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (344 p.)
• Disciplina: 303.44/01
• Soggetto topico: Postcolonialism; Social change - Philosophy; Social change - Developing countries; Economic development - Philosophy; National characteristics, American; Liberalism - United States - History - 20th century
• Soggetto geografico: United States Intellectual life 20th century; Developing countries Economic policy; United States Politics and government 1945-1989; United States Foreign relations 1945-1989
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references (p. [277]-319) and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Introduction : modernization theory and American modernism -- Contests : the European past and the American present -- The Harvard Department of Social Relations -- SSRC's Committee on Comparative Politics -- The MIT Center for International Studies -- The collapse of modernization theory -- The postmodern turn and the aftermath of modernization theory.
• Sommario/riassunto: By connecting modernization theory to the welfare state liberalism programs of the New Deal order, Gilman not only provides a new intellectual context for America's Third World during the Cold War, but connects the optimism of the Great Society to the notion that American power and good intentions could stop the postcolonial world from embracing communism.
• Titolo autorizzato: Mandarins of the future
• ISBN: 0-8018-8159-5
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9911108380703321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: New studies in American intellectual and cultural history.