Democracy and Markets : : The Politics of Mixed Economies / / John R. Freeman.

Events of the 1970s and 1980s have provoked intense controversy about the desirability of existing political and economic institutions. On the basis of an analysis of social welfare in varying types of market systems and in certain democratic political systems, Democracy and Markets illuminates alte...

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Superior document:Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Cornell University Press Archive Pre-2000
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Place / Publishing House:Ithaca, NY : : Cornell University Press, , [2018]
©1989
Year of Publication:2018
Language:English
Series:Cornell Studies in Political Economy
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Physical Description:1 online resource (352 p.) :; 16 halftones, 10 tables
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Preface
  • Part One: Introduction
  • 1. Which Political-Economic System Is Most Desirable?
  • 2. Theoretical Perspectives
  • Part Two: Theory
  • 3. Private Enterprise and Mixed Economies Compared
  • 4. Democratic Polities Compared
  • 5. The Politics of Mixed Economies
  • Part Three: Evidence
  • 6. Welfare Outcomes: Cross-National Evidence
  • 7. A Tale of Two Political Economies
  • 8. The Italian and Swedish Experiences
  • Part Four: Extensions And Implications
  • 9. The Politics of Openness and Foreign Public Enterprise
  • 10. The Tale of Two Political Economies Revisited
  • 11. Democracy and Capitalism
  • References
  • Index