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Against Leviathan [[electronic resource] ] : government power and a free society / / Robert Higgs
| Against Leviathan [[electronic resource] ] : government power and a free society / / Robert Higgs |
| Autore | Higgs Robert |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Oakland, Calif., : Independent Institute, c2004 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (424 p.) |
| Disciplina | 330.973 |
| Collana | Independent studies in political economy |
| Soggetto topico | Power (Social sciences) - United States |
| Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
| ISBN | 1-59813-089-7 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto |
Cover ; Copyright; Dedication; Contents ; Introduction ; Part I - Welfare Statism; Chapter 1: Is More Economic Equality Better? ; Chapter 2: The Welfare State: Promising Protection in an Age of Anxiety ; Chapter 3: Nineteen Neglected Consequences of Income Redistribution ; Part II - Our Glorious Leaders
Chapter 4: The Mythology of Roosevelt and the New Deal Chapter 5: Public Choice and Political Leadership ; Chapter 6: Bolingbroke, Nixon, and the Rest of them; Chapter 7: What Professor Stiglitz Learned in Washington ; Chapter 8: Great Presidents? ; Part III - Despotism, Soft and Hard Chapter 9: The U.S. Food and Drug Administration: A Billy Club is not a Substitute for Eyeglasses Chapter 10: Regulatory Harmonization: A Sweet-Sounding, Dangerous Development ; Chapter 11: Puritanism, Paternalism, and Power ; Chapter 12: We're all Sick, and Government must Heal us Chapter 18: Death and Taxes Chapter 19: A Carnival of Taxation ; Chapter 20: Unmitigated Mercantilism ; Chapter 21: Results of a Fifty-Year Experiment in Political Economy ; Chapter 22: Results of Another Fifty-Year Experiment in Political Economy ; Chapter 23: Pity the Poor Japanese Part V - The Political Economy of Crisis |
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Against Leviathan [[electronic resource] ] : government power and a free society / / Robert Higgs
| Against Leviathan [[electronic resource] ] : government power and a free society / / Robert Higgs |
| Autore | Higgs Robert |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Oakland, Calif., : Independent Institute, c2004 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (424 p.) |
| Disciplina | 330.973 |
| Collana | Independent studies in political economy |
| Soggetto topico | Power (Social sciences) - United States |
| ISBN | 1-59813-089-7 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto |
Cover ; Copyright; Dedication; Contents ; Introduction ; Part I - Welfare Statism; Chapter 1: Is More Economic Equality Better? ; Chapter 2: The Welfare State: Promising Protection in an Age of Anxiety ; Chapter 3: Nineteen Neglected Consequences of Income Redistribution ; Part II - Our Glorious Leaders
Chapter 4: The Mythology of Roosevelt and the New Deal Chapter 5: Public Choice and Political Leadership ; Chapter 6: Bolingbroke, Nixon, and the Rest of them; Chapter 7: What Professor Stiglitz Learned in Washington ; Chapter 8: Great Presidents? ; Part III - Despotism, Soft and Hard Chapter 9: The U.S. Food and Drug Administration: A Billy Club is not a Substitute for Eyeglasses Chapter 10: Regulatory Harmonization: A Sweet-Sounding, Dangerous Development ; Chapter 11: Puritanism, Paternalism, and Power ; Chapter 12: We're all Sick, and Government must Heal us Chapter 18: Death and Taxes Chapter 19: A Carnival of Taxation ; Chapter 20: Unmitigated Mercantilism ; Chapter 21: Results of a Fifty-Year Experiment in Political Economy ; Chapter 22: Results of Another Fifty-Year Experiment in Political Economy ; Chapter 23: Pity the Poor Japanese Part V - The Political Economy of Crisis |
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Higgs Robert
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| Oakland, Calif., : Independent Institute, c2004 | ||
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Ambition in America [[electronic resource] ] : Political Power and the Collapse of Citizenship / / Jeffrey A. Becker
| Ambition in America [[electronic resource] ] : Political Power and the Collapse of Citizenship / / Jeffrey A. Becker |
| Autore | Becker Jeffrey A. <1968-> |
| Edizione | [1st ed.] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Lexington, Kentucky : , : University Press of Kentucky, , 2014 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (211 p.) |
| Disciplina | 306.20973 |
| Soggetto topico |
Political culture - United States
Citizenship - United States Power (Social sciences) - United States Representative government and representation - United States Ambition - Political aspects - United States Political participation - Social aspects - United States |
| Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
| ISBN |
0-8131-4505-8
0-8131-4525-2 0-8131-4506-6 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Preface: the triumph of ambition and the collapse of citizenship? -- Introduction : the paradox of power in America -- The ambition of moral citizens : belonging and the limits of the moral community -- The ambition of interests : American constitutionalism -- The ambition of popular control : Jacksonian democracy and American populism -- The ambition to recover democratic excellence : Tocqueville and Franklin Delano Roosevelt -- To flatter and obey : the triumph of ambition -- Keeping ambition accountable : a place for political parties -- Conclusion : the collapse of modern citizenship. |
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Becker Jeffrey A. <1968->
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| Lexington, Kentucky : , : University Press of Kentucky, , 2014 | ||
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America's inadvertent empire [[electronic resource] /] / William E. Odom and Robert Dujarric
| America's inadvertent empire [[electronic resource] /] / William E. Odom and Robert Dujarric |
| Autore | Odom William E |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | New Haven & London, : Yale University Press, c2004 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (304 p.) |
| Disciplina | 320.973 |
| Altri autori (Persone) | DujarricRobert |
| Soggetto topico |
Power (Social sciences) - United States
World politics - 21st century |
| Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
| ISBN |
1-281-72214-6
9786611722142 0-300-13036-8 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Introduction -- The sources of American power -- An empire of a new type -- The military power gap -- The demography gap -- The economic performance gap -- The university gap -- The science gap -- The media and mass culture gaps -- Conclusion. |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910452339503321 |
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Odom William E
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| New Haven & London, : Yale University Press, c2004 | ||
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| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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America's inadvertent empire [[electronic resource] /] / William E. Odom and Robert Dujarric
| America's inadvertent empire [[electronic resource] /] / William E. Odom and Robert Dujarric |
| Autore | Odom William E |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | New Haven & London, : Yale University Press, c2004 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (304 p.) |
| Disciplina | 320.973 |
| Altri autori (Persone) | DujarricRobert |
| Soggetto topico |
Power (Social sciences) - United States
World politics - 21st century |
| ISBN |
1-281-72214-6
9786611722142 0-300-13036-8 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Introduction -- The sources of American power -- An empire of a new type -- The military power gap -- The demography gap -- The economic performance gap -- The university gap -- The science gap -- The media and mass culture gaps -- Conclusion. |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910777829303321 |
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Odom William E
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| New Haven & London, : Yale University Press, c2004 | ||
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American business and political power [[electronic resource] ] : public opinion, elections, and democracy / / Mark A. Smith
| American business and political power [[electronic resource] ] : public opinion, elections, and democracy / / Mark A. Smith |
| Autore | Smith Mark A (Mark Alan), <1970-> |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Chicago, : University of Chicago Press, c2000 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (259 p.) |
| Disciplina | 322/.3/0973 |
| Collana | Studies in communication, media, and public opinion |
| Soggetto topico |
Business and politics - United States
Public opinion - United States Power (Social sciences) - United States Pressure groups - United States Lobbying - United States |
| Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
| ISBN |
1-282-67931-7
9786612679315 0-226-76465-6 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Introduction -- Business unity and its consequences for representative democracy -- Identifying business unity -- A portrait of unifying issues -- Public opinion, elections, and lawmaking -- Overt sources of business power -- Structural sources of business power -- The role of business in shaping public opinion -- The compatibility of business unity and popular sovereignty. |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910459209903321 |
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Smith Mark A (Mark Alan), <1970->
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| Chicago, : University of Chicago Press, c2000 | ||
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American business and political power [[electronic resource] ] : public opinion, elections, and democracy / / Mark A. Smith
| American business and political power [[electronic resource] ] : public opinion, elections, and democracy / / Mark A. Smith |
| Autore | Smith Mark A (Mark Alan), <1970-> |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Chicago, : University of Chicago Press, c2000 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (259 p.) |
| Disciplina | 322/.3/0973 |
| Collana | Studies in communication, media, and public opinion |
| Soggetto topico |
Business and politics - United States
Public opinion - United States Power (Social sciences) - United States Pressure groups - United States Lobbying - United States |
| Soggetto non controllato | democracy, elections, public opinion, campaigning, lobbying, corporations, legislation, special interest, taxation, pollution, product liability, media, news, journalism, policy, accountability, think tanks, business, politics, political science, power, pressure groups, popular sovereignty, coalition, chamber of commerce, nonfiction |
| ISBN |
1-282-67931-7
9786612679315 0-226-76465-6 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Introduction -- Business unity and its consequences for representative democracy -- Identifying business unity -- A portrait of unifying issues -- Public opinion, elections, and lawmaking -- Overt sources of business power -- Structural sources of business power -- The role of business in shaping public opinion -- The compatibility of business unity and popular sovereignty. |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910785049103321 |
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Smith Mark A (Mark Alan), <1970->
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| Chicago, : University of Chicago Press, c2000 | ||
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The American deep state : big money, big oil, and the struggle for U.S. democracy / / Peter Dale Scott
| The American deep state : big money, big oil, and the struggle for U.S. democracy / / Peter Dale Scott |
| Autore | Scott Peter Dale |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Blue Ridge Summit, PA : , : Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, , 2017 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (355 pages) |
| Collana | War and peace library |
| Soggetto topico |
Elite (Social sciences) - United States
Power (Social sciences) - United States Pressure groups - United States Conspiracy - United States Democracy - United States Conspiracy Democracy Elite (Social sciences) Power (Social sciences) Pressure groups |
| Soggetto genere / forma | Nonfiction |
| ISBN |
1-4422-1425-2
1-5381-0025-8 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Note about the cover image -- The Doomsday Project, deep events, and the shrinking of American democracy -- The deep state, the Wall Street overworld, and big oil -- The Doomsday Project: How COG on 9/11 subordinated the U.S. Constitution -- The falsified War on Terror: The deep history of U.S. protection for al-Qaeda terrorist Ali Mohamed -- The falsified War on Terror II: How the deep state has protected gulf Arab states rather than the American people -- Deep state uses and protection of al-Qaeda terrorists -- The U.S. terror war: The CIA, 9/11, Afghanistan, and Central Asia -- Deep power takes its toll on U.S. presidents, 1961-1980 -- The Doomsday Project and deep events: JFK, Watergate, Iran-Contra, and 9/11 -- The American deep state, deep events, and off-the-books financing -- America's unchecked security state: The continuing of COG planning, 1936-2001 -- America's unchecked security state and lawlessness -- Why Americans must end America's self-generating wars -- Epilogue: Greek theater: Mario Savio and the Socratic quest. |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910792895803321 |
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Scott Peter Dale
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| Blue Ridge Summit, PA : , : Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, , 2017 | ||
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| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Breaking through power : it's easier than we think / / Ralph Nader
| Breaking through power : it's easier than we think / / Ralph Nader |
| Autore | Nader Ralph |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | San Francisco : , : City Lights Publishers, , [2016] |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (162 pages) |
| Disciplina | 322.40973 |
| Collana | Open media series |
| Soggetto topico |
Democracy - United States
Communities - United States Power (Social sciences) - United States Wealth - United States Social justice - United States POLITICAL SCIENCE / Economic Conditions POLITICAL SCIENCE / Political Ideologies / Democracy POLITICAL SCIENCE / Public Policy / Economic Policy POLITICAL SCIENCE / Civics & Citizenship |
| Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
| Classificazione | POL023000POL007000POL003000POL024000 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910164938703321 |
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Nader Ralph
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| San Francisco : , : City Lights Publishers, , [2016] | ||
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| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Class counts [[electronic resource] ] : education, inequality, and the shrinking middle class / / Allan Ornstein
| Class counts [[electronic resource] ] : education, inequality, and the shrinking middle class / / Allan Ornstein |
| Autore | Ornstein Allan C |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Lanham, MD, : Rowman & Littlefield Pub. Group, Inc., c2007 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (371 p.) |
| Disciplina | 305.5/50973 |
| Soggetto topico |
Social classes - United States
Poverty - United States Wealth - United States Education, Higher - Social aspects - United States Middle class - United States Elite (Social sciences) - United States Power (Social sciences) - United States |
| Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
| ISBN |
0-7425-4741-8
0-7425-7372-9 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Title Page; Copyright Page; Contents; Dedication; What this Book Is About; Introduction: For Readers with Intellectual Pizzazz; 1 Historical Thoughts of Equality and Inequality; 2 1776-And Beyond: Elitist versus Enlightened Thought; 3 Patrician Influence and Social/Educational Thought; 4 What Is Equality?; 5 Education, Mobility, and the American Dream; 6 The Golden Years Are Over; 7 World Inequality; 8 Wishful Thinking: Recommendations and Solutions; Index; About the Author |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910452667003321 |
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Ornstein Allan C
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| Lanham, MD, : Rowman & Littlefield Pub. Group, Inc., c2007 | ||
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