The search for freedom / Whitney Pope.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Pope, Whitney.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Liberty.

Tocqueville, Alexis de, 1805-1859.

Tocqueville, Alexis de.

Liberty--Case studies.

Genre:

Case studies.

Physical Description:

x, 219 pages ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

Columbus : Ohio State University Press, [1999]

Summary:

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 contexts 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.

Contents:

Part I Classic Applications

1. Freedom in Jacksonian America 11

2. Freedom and Revolution in France 27

Part II Freedom in Contemporary Contexts: Large Organizations

3. Freedom and Politics in the International Typographical Union 47

4. Freedom and Social Control in the Large Japanese Company 79

Part III State and Society: The Social Democratic Party and the Swedish Welfare State

5. Beginnings of the Social Democratic Party 107

6. The Politics of the Last Half Century 125

7. Ideological Continuity and Change as a Source of Success 154

Conclusion: The Theory of Freedom 177.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 193-205) and index.

ISBN:

0814208312

0814250335

OCLC:

41299303