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Politics of ideocracy / Jaroslaw Piekalkiewicz and Alfred Wayne Penn. [electronic resource]
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Piekalkiewicz, Jaroslaw.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Totalitarianism.
- Authoritarianism.
- Comparative government.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (x, 274 p. )
- Place of Publication:
- Albany : State University of New York Press, c1995.
- Language Note:
- English
- Contents:
- Ch. I. Ideocracy as a Distinctive Form of Politics. What Is Ideocracy? Ideocracy Distinguished. Intellectual Origins of Ideocracy. Organic and Mechanical (Pragmatic) Concepts of the State. Politics and Problem Solving. Community and Ideology. Ideocracy Described
- Ch. II. Psychological and Cultural Aspects of Ideocracy. Traditional Culture and Divergent Individual Propensities
- Ch. III. Ideocratic Framework of Politics. The Foundations of Legitimacy. The Organization of Political Leadership. The Penetration of Political and Social Organizations. The Nature and Scope of Political Involvement: Total Mobilization. The Major Components of Ideocracy
- Ch. IV. Causes of Ideocracy. Stability. Types of Social Disruption. Multipliers of Cumulative Disruption. Leadership, Ideology, and Organization. Scenario of Ideocratic Revolution
- Ch. V. Ideocracy in Dynamic Perspective: Inception and Stabilization. Inception of Ideocracy. Stabilization
- Ch. VI. The Evolution of Ideocracy. Self-Destruction. Peaceful Erosion. Regeneration
- Conclusion: Ideocracy and Processes of Dynamic Change.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (p. [227]-259) and index.
- Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
- ISBN:
- 1-4384-1615-6
- 0-585-09928-6
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