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The Limits of Pure Democracy

Autor William Hurrell Mallock
en Limba Engleză Paperback – 15 dec 2006
The 1910s was a decade in which theories of socialism, pacifism, and collectivism flowered. Publicists and playwrights from Sidney Webb to George Bernard Shaw expressed not just belief in "utopianism" but a vigorous assault on the existing political and economic order. Less well known is how a group of Tory thinkers laid the foundations of a conservative counter-attack expressed with equal literary and intellectual brilliance. Foremost among them was W. H. Mallock.
In The Limits of Pure Democracy he argued that the pseudo-populist leaders of the political party system promise everything but deliver only the end of parties as such. For Mallock, what starts with populism ends in dictatorship. The Russian Revolution was simply the historical outcome of utopian socialist visions that were more dedicated to destroying the present system of things than bringing about a revitalized future. Mallock's book explains how the modern free market succeeds through competition in increasing output, broadening occupational opportunities, and multiplying the numbers of skilled professionals. In contrast, welfare schemes serve to deepen poverty by spreading wealth so evenly that incentives to work decline and personal savings are eliminated. These arguments have become commonplace today. But at the time they served as an incendiary reminder that class warfare works in both directions.
Mallock was a remarkably talented writer who made the case against exaggerated expectations, a nascent welfare system, and mass political parties led by oligarchs. But he also offered a case for increasing a regard for work, advancing the cause of education as a method of entering the modern world, and for retaining a sense of religious codes that define the West. Mallock's search for an understanding of popular rule coincided with his appreciation and elucidation of the limitations of the emerging plebiscitarian spirit within democracy. The Limits of Pure Democracy will be of interest to political scientists, intellectual historians, and economists.
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ISBN-13: 9780765808462
ISBN-10: 0765808463
Pagini: 428
Dimensiuni: 152 x 229 x 26 mm
Greutate: 0.45 kg
Ediția:1
Editura: Taylor & Francis
Colecția Routledge
Locul publicării:Oxford, United Kingdom

Cuprins

INTRODUCTION TO THE TRANSACTION EDITION, PREFACE, BOOK I POLITICAL DEMOCRACY, BOOK II DEMOCRACY AND TECHNICAL PRODUCTION, BOOK III DEMOCRATIC DISTRIBUTION AS RELATEDTO THE FACTS OF PRODUCTION, BOOK IV DISTRIBUTION BY DEMOCRATIC SENTIMENT, BOOK V THE PHILOSOPHY OF SANE REFORM, BOOK VI THE DATA OF CONTENT, BOOK VII DEMOCRACY AND THE FINAL LIFE-PROCESS, INDEX

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The 1910s was a decade in which theories of socialism, pacifism, and collectivism flowered