Rescuing Social Capital from Social Democracy - Brossura

Meadowcroft, John; Pennington, Mark

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ISBN 10: 0255365926 ISBN 13: 9780255365925

Casa editrice: Inst of Economic Affairs, 2007

Riassunto

This book examines the complex relationships between social capital, markets, and democracy. Many social democrats believe that the failure of past government interventions in social and economic life can be explained by the absence of social capital, and that government must intervene to create that social capital. This monograph argues that participation in markets positively enriches and enhances the stock of social capital, while, conversely, democratic politics may undermine it by facilitating divisive rent-seeking by special interest groups.

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Informazioni sull?autore

John Meadowcroft is head of the department of political economy and senior lecturer in public policy at King’s College London. He previously taught on the Hansard Scholars Programme at the London School of Economics and Political Science and in the department of politics at Queen Mary, University of London. He is book review editor of the journal Economic Affairs and serves on the Academic Advisory Council of the Institute of Economic Affairs. Mark Pennington is a professor of public policy and political science at King’s College, University of London. Peter J. Boettke is a professor of economics and philosophy at George Mason University (GMU) and, at the Mercatus Center at GMU, he is the BB&T Professor for the study of capitalism, vice president for research, and director of the F.A. Hayek Program for Advanced Study in Philosophy, Politics, and Economics. He serves as editor of GMU's Review of Austrian Economics.

Dettagli dell'edizione

• Editore: Inst of Economic Affairs
• Data di pubblicazione: 2007
• Lingua: Inglese
• ISBN 10: 0255365926
• ISBN 13: 9780255365925
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero di pagine: 120
• Contatto del produttore: non disponibile
• Persona responsabile: non disponibile