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Rationalizing Capitalist Democracy: The Cold War Origins of Rational Choice Liberalism Hardcover - 2003 - 1st Edition
by S. M. Amadae
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DURING the decade since the sudden and dramatic collapse of communism in the Soviet Union and Eastern Europe, two aspects of the West's triumph have been predominant in our understanding.
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In Rationalizing Capitalist Democracy, S. M. Amadae tells the remarkable story of how rational choice theory rose from obscurity to become the intellectual bulwark of capitalist democracy. Amadae roots Rationalizing Capitalist Democracy in the turbulent post-World War II era, showing how rational choice theory grew out of the RAND Corporation's efforts to develop a "science" of military and policy decisionmaking. But while the first generation of rational choice theorists--William Riker, Kenneth Arrow, and James Buchanan--were committed to constructing a "scientific" approach to social science research, they were also deeply committed to defending American democracy from its Marxist critics. Amadae reveals not only how the ideological battles of the Cold War shaped their ideas but also how those ideas may today be undermining the very notion of individual liberty they were created to defend.
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- Title Rationalizing Capitalist Democracy: The Cold War Origins of Rational Choice Liberalism
- Author S. M. Amadae
- Binding Hardcover
- Edition number 1st
- Edition 1
- Pages 408
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher University of Chicago Press
- Date September 15, 2003
- Features Bibliography, Index
- ISBN 9780226016535 / 0226016536
- Weight 1.47 lbs (0.67 kg)
- Dimensions 9.46 x 6.26 x 1.15 in (24.03 x 15.90 x 2.92 cm)
- Library of Congress subjects Liberalism - United States, Capitalism - United States
- Library of Congress Catalog Number 2003008901
- Dewey Decimal Code 301.01
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