| Search for Freedom Contributor(s): Pope, Whitney (Author) |
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ISBN: 0814250335 ISBN-13: 9780814250334 Publisher: Ohio State University Press OUR PRICE: $31.30 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: October 1999 Annotation: In The Search for Freedom, Whitney Pope is interested in how the behavior of people in different times and in different circumstances, acting with and against one another in pursuit of a myriad of both durable and changing goals, has perpetuated freedom or undermined it. Part I addresses Tocqueville's use of such concepts as authority, community, and decentralization in his analysis of freedom and order in Jacksonian democracy and during the French Revolution. Part 2 examines freedom in contemporary context by looking at large organizations: specifically, an American labor union and a large Japanese company. Part 3 turns to Sweden to assess the relationship between freedom and the modern welfare state. Pope's conclusion uses the insights gained from these case studies to flesh out a theory of freedom. An original and timely text, The Search for Freedom will be welcomed by both teachers and students. |
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| BISAC Categories: - Social Science | Sociology - General - Political Science | Civil Rights |
| Dewey: 323.44 |
| LCCN: 99030461 |
| Physical Information: 0.67" H x 6.12" W x 9.02" (0.68 lbs) 219 pages |
