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The endangered West : myopic elites and fragile social orders in a threatening world / John Higley.

Author/creator Higley, John author.
Format Book and Print
Publication Info New Brunswick (U. S. A.) : Transaction Publishers, [2016]
Descriptionxv, 228 pages ; 23 cm
Subject(s)
Elite (Social sciences)
Social stratification.
Political development.
Economic development.
Contents Preface -- Introduction: paradigms and explanation in social science -- Limits to political and social aspiration -- The West's accidental and unique economic development -- Elites and political development in the West -- Ideological illusions in Western societies -- Social orders in the post-industrial West -- The West in a threatening world -- Limits on the West -- Epilogue: the liberal ideal as a realistic moral standard -- Bibliography.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references and index.
Issued in other formOnline version: Higley, John, author. Endangered West New Brunswick : Transaction Publishers, 2016 9781412863780
LCCN 2016025822
ISBN9781412864145 hardcover
ISBN1412864143 hardcover
ISBN9781412864152 paperback
ISBN1412864151 paperback

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