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The American Ethos: Public Attitudes toward Capitalism and Democracy
The American Ethos: Public Attitudes toward Capitalism and Democracy
by Herbert McClosky and John Zaller
Harvard University Press, 1984 Cloth: 978-0-674-02330-7 | Paper: 978-0-674-02331-4 Library of Congress Classification HN90.P8M4 1984 Dewey Decimal Classification 330.122
ABOUT THIS BOOK | TOC
ABOUT THIS BOOK
American political values of the 1980s are vividly defined in The American Ethos. Herbert McClosky and John Zaller provide a comprehensive display of dramatic survey findings—of Americans en masse and of leadership groups—and historical material to trace the evolution of public attitudes toward the defining elements of the American political tradition.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
Contents
Foreword
Rossant,
M. J.
Acknowledgments
Figures and Tables
1
The Foundations of the American Ethos: Capitalism and Democracy
2
The Libertarian Tradition
3
Egalitarianism
4
The Cultural Foundations of Capitalism
5
Capitalism as an Economic System
6
Capitalism and Democracy in Conflict
7
Ideology and the American Ethos
8
Social Learning and the Acquisition of Political Norms
Chong,
Dennis
9
The Future of Capitalist Democracy in the United States
Appendix I.
Empirical Methods
Appendix II.
Three OVS Scales: Capitalist Values, Democratic Values, and Political Sophistication