Joseph Schumpeter's Two Theories of Democracy / John Medearis.
Medearis, John, author.
2013
JC251.S37 ǂb M434 2001eb
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Title Joseph Schumpeter's Two Theories of Democracy / John Medearis.
Author Medearis, John, author.
Edition Reprint 2014
ISBN 9780674186439
DOI https://doi.org/10.4159/harvard.9780674186439
Published Cambridge, MA : Harvard University Press, [2013]
Copyright ©2001
Language English
Language Note In English.
Description 1 online resource (263 p.)
Other Standard Identifiers 10.4159/harvard.9780674186439 doi
Call Number JC251.S37 ǂb M434 2001eb
Dewey Decimal Classification 321.8
Summary 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.
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Frontmatter
Contents
Acknowledgments
1. Introduction
2. Tory Democracy, Transformative Democracy
3. The New Deal and Transformative Democracy
4. Schumpeter's Elite Conception of Democracy as Method
5. Schumpeter's Vision of Social Science
6. Democracy and Equilibrium
7. Conclusion
Notes. References. Index
Notes
References
Index

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