Modern free society and its nemesis / Milan Zafirovski.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Zafirovski, Milan, 1958-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Liberty.

Conservatism.

Democracy.

Physical Description:

volumes ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

Lanham MD : Lexington Books, c2007-

Summary:

This book reconsiders the relationship of modern free society-in particular political democracy and a free-market economy-and conservatism as its formidable adversary. Milan Zafirovski identifies and documents the several ways conservatism functions as the nemesis of democracy and the free market. He provides discussion on forms of conservative government and the rise of nationalism, imperialism, and militarism, with special attention to wars of aggression and the threat of mutually assured destruction.

Combining economic and sociological theories gives the book a solid interdisciplinary approach, allowing for a thorough analysis of conservatism's overt and covert threats to modern free society. Zafirovski focuses on antidemocratic phenomena and uses historical and empirical evidence to support his assertions that the liberal-democratic ideal of individual and political liberty that most Western societies hold so dear is put at risk by the rise in conservatism on a global scale.

Contents:

v. 1. Liberty versus conservatism in the new millenium

v. 2. Democracy, economy, and conservatism : political and economic freedoms and their antithesis in the third millennium

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contains:

Liberty versus conservatism in the new millenium.

Democracy, economy, and conservatism : political and economic freedoms and their antithesis in the third millennium.

ISBN:

9780739115152

0739115154

0739117963

9780739117965

OCLC:

155756683