Joseph Schumpeter's Two Theories of Democracy |
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Author:
| Medearis, John |
ISBN: | 978-0-674-18641-5 |
Publication Date: | Oct 2013 |
Publisher: | Harvard University Press
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Book Format: | Hardback |
List Price: | USD $65.00 |
Book Description:
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Joseph 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.
Joseph 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.