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The American Ethos

Public Attitudes toward Capitalism and Democracy
  • Herbert McClosky and John Zaller
Language: English
Published/Copyright: 1984

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    Frontmatter

    i
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    Foreword

    vii
    M. J. Rossant
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    Acknowledgments

    ix
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    Contents

    xiii
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    Figures

    xiv
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    Tables

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    1. The Foundations of the American Ethos: Capitalism and Democracy

    1
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    2. The Libertarian Tradition

    18
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    3. Egalitarianism

    62
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    4. The Cultural Foundations of Capitalism

    101
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    5. Capitalism as an Economic System

    129
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    6. Capitalism and Democracy in Conflict

    161
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    7. Ideology and the American Ethos

    189
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    8. Social Learning and the Acquisition of Political Norms

    234
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    9. The Future of Capitalist Democracy in the United States

    264
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  • Appendixes. Notes. Index
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    Appendix I. Empirical Methods

    305
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    Appendix II. Three OVS Scales: Capitalist Values, Democratic Values, and Political Sophistication

    309
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    Appendix III. Clear and Contested Norms

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    Notes

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    Index

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eBook published on:
October 1, 2013
eBook ISBN:
9780674428522
Hardcover published on:
February 5, 1984
Hardcover ISBN:
9780674428515
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Reprint 2014
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Front matter:
18
Main content:
342
Illustrations:
11
Tables:
95
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Twentieth Century Fund Books/Reports/Studies
https://doi.org/10.4159/harvard.9780674428522
eBook ISBN: 9780674428522
Hardcover ISBN: 9780674428515
Keywords for this book
POLITICAL SCIENCE / General; Democracy -- Public opinion.; Capitalism -- Public opinion.; Public opinion -- United States.
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Professional and scholarly;
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