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" Modernization and its political consequences : "
Hans Blokland ; translated by Nancy Smyth Van Weesep.
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1015172
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b769542
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Modernisering en haar politieke gevolgen.English
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Blokland, Hans Theodorus.
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Modernization and its political consequences : : Weber, Mannheim, and Schumpeter /\ Hans Blokland ; translated by Nancy Smyth Van Weesep.
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New Haven :: Yale University Press,, ©2006.
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1 online resource (xv, 261 pages)
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0300134827
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: 6611734759
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0300110812
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1281734756
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9780300110814
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9781281734754
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 241-250) and indexes.
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Max Weber -- Karl Mannheim -- Joseph Schumpeter -- Synthesis: the modernization of politics and society.
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People's capacity to give meaning and direction to social life is an essential dimension of political freedom. Yet many citizens of Western democracies believe that this freedom has become quite restricted. They feel they are at the mercy of anonymous structures and processes over which they have little control, structures and processes that present them with options and realities they might not have chosen if they had any real choice. As a result, political interest declines and political cynicism flourishes. The underlying cause of the powerlessness pervading the current political system could be modernization. Taking the work of Max Weber, Karl Mannheim, and Joseph Schumpeter as a point of departure, Hans Blokland here examines this process. The topics covered are, among others, the meaning of modernisation, the forces that drive it, and, especially, the consequences of modernisation for the political freedom of citizens to influence the course of their society via democratic politics.
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Political science-- Philosophy.
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Politics and culture.
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PHILOSOPHY-- Political.
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POLITICAL SCIENCE-- General.
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Political science-- Philosophy.
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Politics and culture.
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Politisk filosofi.
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Politisk kultur.
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320.01
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JA71.B54513 2006eb
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