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AB  - This book offers the first full-length treatment of Joseph Schumpeter's political thought. Schumpeter's theory of democracy as a competition among elites has influenced several generations of political scientists, but this book is the first to show that Schumpeter also conceived of democracy as a powerful transformative tendency leading toward the establishment of democratic socialism. Deploring this prospect, he theorized elite-dominated forms of society in which democratic change could be reined in. The contrasts between the two perspectives are striking. The neglected transformative view, which this book expounds, stressed the importance of democratic beliefs and ideology, whereas the elite conception minimized their significance. The transformative perspective highlighted the radicalizing, dynamic effects of movements that attempt to realize democratic values and act upon democratic ideologies, while the better-known elite model depicted democracy in static terms and as institutionally stable. Despite the sharp contrasts, both perspectives were part of Schumpeter's complex and deeply conservative response to political change in his lifetime. Precisely because he viewed democracy as a potent transformative social force, he labored strenuously to theorize a form of society in which elites could restrain the pace and nature of democratic change.
AU  - Medearis, John, 
CN  - JC251.S37 ǂb M434 2001eb
DO  - 10.4159/harvard.9780674186439
DO  - doi
EP  - ZDB-23-HCO
EP  - ZDB-23-HCI
ET  - Reprint 2014
ID  - 1479250
JF  - HUP e-dition: Complete eBook Package
JF  - HUP e-dition: Social Science eBook Package
JF  - HUP eBook-Package Backlist 2000-2013 (Canada)
JF  - Harvard University Press eBook Package Backlist 2000-2013
KW  - Democracy.
KW  - Democratie.
KW  - Demokratie.
KW  - Démocratie.
KW  - Elite (Social sciences).
KW  - Politik.
KW  - Theorie.
KW  - Élite (Sciences sociales).
KW  - Democracy.
KW  - POLITICAL SCIENCE / General.
KW  - Schumpeter, Joseph Alois, 1883-1950 -- Contributions in political science.
KW  - POLITICAL SCIENCE / General.
LA  - eng
LA  - In English.
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N2  - This book offers the first full-length treatment of Joseph Schumpeter's political thought. Schumpeter's theory of democracy as a competition among elites has influenced several generations of political scientists, but this book is the first to show that Schumpeter also conceived of democracy as a powerful transformative tendency leading toward the establishment of democratic socialism. Deploring this prospect, he theorized elite-dominated forms of society in which democratic change could be reined in. The contrasts between the two perspectives are striking. The neglected transformative view, which this book expounds, stressed the importance of democratic beliefs and ideology, whereas the elite conception minimized their significance. The transformative perspective highlighted the radicalizing, dynamic effects of movements that attempt to realize democratic values and act upon democratic ideologies, while the better-known elite model depicted democracy in static terms and as institutionally stable. Despite the sharp contrasts, both perspectives were part of Schumpeter's complex and deeply conservative response to political change in his lifetime. Precisely because he viewed democracy as a potent transformative social force, he labored strenuously to theorize a form of society in which elites could restrain the pace and nature of democratic change.
SN  - 9780674186439
T1  - Joseph Schumpeter's Two Theories of Democracy /
TI  - Joseph Schumpeter's Two Theories of Democracy /
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