Harold Perkin

The Third Revolution (eBook, PDF)

Professional Elites in the Modern World

• Format: PDF

Produktbeschreibung

Perkin's ambitious new book examines the leading professional societies since World War II: those in the free market economies and also the collapsed command economies of Eastern Europe. He warns of the greed and corruption of their elites.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 272
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. November 2002
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781134763955
• Artikelnr.: 42980831

Autorenporträt

Harold Perkin is Professor of History and Higher Education at Northwestern University. Among his books are The Origins of Modern English Society, 1780-1880 (1969) and The Rise of Professional Society (1989).

Inhaltsangabe

Preface 1 THE THIRD SOCIAL REVOLUTION 2 THE UNITED STATES: A FREE MARKET
FOR CORPORATIONS 3 BRITAIN: KEYSTONE OF THE ARCH 4 FRANCE: A PLANNED
MERITOCRACY 5 GERMANY: TWO VERSIONS OF PROFESSIONAL SOCIETY 6 SOVIET
RUSSIA: GULLIVER'S GIANT 7 JAPAN: A FLOATING WORLD 8 TOWARDS A GLOBAL
PROFESSIONAL SOCIETY. EPILOGUE: WHAT IS TO BE DONE?