Might, Right, Prosperity and Consent: Representative Democracy and the International Economy 1919-2001

by Helen Thompson

Book Overview

This book offers an original analysis of the problem of the authority of the state in democracies. Unlike many discussions of democracy that treat authority as a problem primarily of domestic politics or normative values, this book puts the international economy at the centre of the analysis.

This volume shows how changes in the international economy from the inter-war years to the end of the twentieth century impacted upon the success and...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0719097290
• ISBN13: 9780719097294
• Release Date: March 2015
• Publisher: Manchester University Press
• Length: 304 Pages
• Weight: 0.94 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.1" x 9.2"