| Description |
xi, 365 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm |
| Contents |
Foreword: Notes on the Young Lipset / Robert K. Merton -- Seymour Martin Lipset and the Study of Democracy / Larry Diamond and Gary Marks -- Pt. I. Theoretical Perspectives. 1. Democracy in Permanently Divided Systems / James S. Coleman. 2. Democracy as Political Competition / Kaare Strom. 3. Rational Sources of Chaos in Democratic Transition / Gary Marks. 4. On the Place of Virtues in a Pluralistic Democracy / Amitai Etzioni. 5. The Concept of National Development, 1917-1989: Elegy and Requiem / Immanuel Wallerstein -- Pt. II. Comparative Perspectives. 6. Economic Development and Democracy Reconsidered / Larry Diamond. 7. Capitalism, the Market, and Democracy / Carlos H. Waisman. 8. Interest Systems and the Consolidation of Democracies / Philippe C. Schmitter. 9. Change and Continuity in the Nature of Contemporary Democracies / Juan J. Linz. 10. Two New Nations: Israeli and American Foreign Policies / Amos Perlmutter -- Pt. III. Politics and Social Change in American Democracy |
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11. State Formation and Social Policy in the United States / Theda Skocpol. 12. The Insurgent Origins of Union Democracy / Maurice Zeitlin and Judith Stepan-Norris. 13. Class, Race, and Higher Education in America / Martin Trow. 14. Inequality and American Culture: The Persistence of Voluntarism / Ann Swidler. 15. "Off With Their Heads": The Confidence Gap and the Revolt Against Professionalism in American Politics / William Schneider -- Appendix: Publications of Seymour Martin Lipset |
| Analysis |
Democracy |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Subject |
Lipset, Seymour Martin.
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Democracy.
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| Author |
Diamond, Larry Jay.
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Marks, Gary, 1952-
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| LC no. |
92017317 |
| ISBN |
0803946414 |
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