Authority and Inequality Under Capitalism and Socialism: Usa, Ussr, and China

by Barrington Moore Jr.

In any modern state, the systems of authority and inequality can largely be traced to two main sources: the set of political and social institutions, buttressed by cultural beliefs, that prevailed prior to industrialization, and the form of authority and social inequality that industrialization itself promotes. In this stimulating and suggestive survey, a renowned scholar uses a historical approach to describe and analyze the principal similarities...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 019828540X
• ISBN13: 9780198285403
• Release Date: March 1987
• Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
• Length: 160 Pages
• Weight: 0.70 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 5.8" x 8.8"