Ricardian politics / Murray Milgate and Shannon C. Stimson.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Milgate, Murray, author.

Stimson, Shannon C., author.

Series:

Princeton legacy library

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Ricardo, David, 1772-1823.

Ricardo, David.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (184 pages).

Edition:

Course Book

Place of Publication:

Princeton, New Jersey : Princeton University Press, [1991]

Language Note:

English

System Details:

Mode of access: World Wide Web.

Summary:

Few deny that the work of economists has often embodied or stimulated significant contributions to political thought. Smith, Keynes, Hayek, and Friedman are good examples. However, the work of the great classical economist David Ricardo is not usually placed in such company. Despite Ricardo's affiliations with philosophical radicals like Bentham and James Mill, the most that previous scholars have been prepared to allow is that if Ricardo spoke to political questions at all, he addressed only economic policy. This book argues forcefully for a revision of that received opinion. Murray Milgate and Shannon Stimson show that Ricardo articulated a distinctive political vision, and that he did so in a novel and sophisticated way by linking arguments for democratic reform with the conclusions of political economy. Ricardian Politics examines compelling but neglected evidence of how Ricardo deployed economic theory to construct a new view of politics. Milgate and Stimson analyze the case he made for a more inclusive political society and for a more representative and democratic government, discuss how his argument was structured by his economics, and explicitly draw out comparisons with Bentham and James Mill. Ricardo wrote at a critical moment, which saw the consolidation of capitalist industry and the emergence of modern democratic political ideology. By attending to the historical context, this book recovers a more accurate picture of his thought, while contributing to the current renewal of research on the relationship between economic and political thought in early nineteenth-century Britain.Originally published in 1991.The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again make available previously out-of-print books from the distinguished backlist of Princeton University Press. These editions preserve the original texts of these important books while presenting them in durable paperback and hardcover editions. The goal of the Princeton Legacy Library is to vastly increase access to the rich scholarly heritage found in the thousands of books published by Princeton University Press since its founding in 1905.

Contents:

Frontmatter

Contents

Preface

Note on References

CHAPTER ΟΝΕ. The Case of Ricardo

CHAPTER TWO. Representative Government

CHAPTER THREE. The Reasonable Part of the Country

CHAPTER FOUR. The Principle of Exclusion

CHAPTER FIVE. Co-optation and Incorporation

CHAPTER SIX. The Duration of Parliaments

CHAPTER SEVEN. Conclusion

Bibliography

Index

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Includes bibliographical references (pages 151-161) and index.

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Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9780691603582

0691603588

9780691632889

069163288X

9781400862443

1400862442

OCLC:

889252433