John Higley

The Endangered West

Myopic Elites and Fragile Social Orders in a Threatening World

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Bold political elites and unique forms of social order brought the West to world dominance, but both are weakening dramatically in the contemporary period.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Routledge
• Seitenzahl: 246
• Erscheinungstermin: 30. November 2016
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 235mm x 157mm x 18mm
• Gewicht: 512g
• ISBN-13: 9781412864145
• ISBN-10: 1412864143
• Artikelnr.: 45231884

Autorenporträt

John Higley

Inhaltsangabe

Preface
Introduction: Paradigms and Explanation in Social Science
1 Limits to Political and Social Aspiration
2 The West's Accidental and Unique Development
3 Elites and Political Development in the West
4 Ideological Illusions in Western Societies
5 Social Orders in the Post-Industrial West
6 The West in a Threatening World
7 Limits on the West
Epilogue: The Liberal Ideal as a Realistic Political Standard
Bibliography
Index

Rezensionen

John Higley has long been recognized as one of the foremost scholars of elite studies. The Endangered West is in some respects his magnum opus. While he recognizes that the prosperity and security of western societies is not primarily due to their virtue, he nonetheless sees them as an important human accomplishment that morally requires defending. There is much to be thankful for in this book.
Murray Milner, Jr., University of Virginia, in Contemporary Sociology (Vol. 47, No. 3)