Author: Dr Tom Brass
Publisher: Routledge
Keywords: library, peasant, studies, myth, agrarian, populism, postmodernism, return, peasants
Number of Pages: 392
Published: 2000-04-01
List price: $170.00
ISBN-10: 0714649406
ISBN-13: 9780714649405

Tracing the way in which the agrarian myth has emerged and re-emerged over the past century in ideology shared by populism, postmodernism and the political right, the argument in this book is that at the centre of this discourse about the cultural identity of ’otherness’/ ’difference’ lies the concept of and innate ’peasant-ness’. In a variety of contextually-specific discursive forms, the ’old’ populism of the 1890s and the nationalism and fascism in Europe, America and Asia during the 1920s and 1930s were all informed by the agrarian myth. The

Author: Dr Tom Brass
Publisher: Routledge
Keywords: library, peasant, studies, myth, agrarian, populism, postmodernism, return, peasants
Number of Pages: 392
Published: 2000-04-01
List price: $59.95
ISBN-10: 0714680001
ISBN-13: 9780714680002

Tracing the way in which the agrarian myth has emerged and re-emerged over the past century in ideology shared by populism, postmodernism and the political right, the argument in this book is that at the centre of this discourse about the cultural identity of ’otherness’/ ’difference’ lies the concept of and innate ’peasant-ness’. In a variety of contextually-specific discursive forms, the ’old’ populism of the 1890s and the nationalism and fascism in Europe, America and Asia during the 1920s and 1930s were all informed by the agrarian myth. The

Author: Steven Hahn
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Keywords: transformation, georgia, upcountry, farmers, yeoman, southern, populism, roots
Number of Pages: 376
Published: 2006-05-18
List price: $30.00
ISBN-10: 0195306708
ISBN-13: 9780195306705

Despite the vast changes in plantation agriculture following the Civil War and Reconstruction, the lot of small farmers was little improved. Examining the nonplantation region of upcountry Georgia as a microcosm of the South, Steven Hahn showed how farmers were buffeted by such forces as the unravelling of antebellum household economy, the development of market forces, the growth of a new class of merchants-landlords, and rising tensions between town and countryside--and how their resentments fueld the Populist movement at the end of the 19th century. For this updated edition, Hahn will add

Authors:Rudiger Dornbusch, Sebastian Edward,
Publisher: University Of Chicago Pre
Keywords: economic, research, conference, report, bureau, national, populism, latin, america, macroeconomics
Number of Pages: 412
Published: 1992-02-15
List price: $35.00
ISBN-10: 0226158446
ISBN-13: 9780226158440

Again and again, Latin America has seen the populist scenario played to an unfortunate end. Upon gaining power, populist governments attempt to revive the economy through massive spending. After an initial recovery, inflation reemerges and the government responds with wage an price controls. Shortages, overvaluation, burgeoning deficits, and capital flight soon precipitate economic crisis, with a subsequent collapse of the populist regime. The lessons of this experience are especially valuable for countries in Eastern Europe, as they face major political and economic decisions. Economists and

Authors:Gianpietro Mazzoleni, Julianne Stewart, Bruce Horsfi
Publisher: Praeger
Keywords: praeger, studies, political, communication, analysis, comparative, neo, populism, contemporary, media
Number of Pages: 272
Published: 2003-02-28
List price: $85.00
ISBN-10: 0275974928
ISBN-13: 9780275974923

Mazzoleni, Stewart, Horsfield, and their contributors analyze the two-way relationship of the mass media and the contemporary phenomenon of extreme right wing neo-populist political parties that emerged in the closing years of the 20th century across the world. The success of Jean-Marie Le Pen, leader of the neo-populist Front National, in the first French presidential ballot in April 2002 shows that these extremist parties have strong, if varying, electoral support. Drawn into reporting on the policies and antigovernment critiques of the new parties, the mass communication institutions, espec

Author: Thomas Frank
Publisher: Anchor
Keywords: market, economic, democracy, populism, extreme, god, one, capitalism
Number of Pages: 464
Published: 2001-09-18
List price: $14.95
ISBN-10: 0385495048
ISBN-13: 9780385495042

In a book that has been raising hackles far and wide, the social critic Thomas Frank skewers one of the most sacred cows of the go-go ’90s: the idea that the new free-market economy is good for everyone. Frank’s target is "market populism"--the widely held belief that markets are a more democratic form of organization than democratically elected governments. Refuting the idea that billionaire CEOs are looking out for the interests of the little guy, he argues that "the great euphoria of the late nineties was never as much about the return of good times as it was the giddy triumph o

Author: Thomas Frank
Publisher: Secker & Warburg
Keywords: market, economic, democracy, populism, extreme, god, one, capitalism
Number of Pages: 430
Published: 2001-01-04
List price: $39.25
ISBN-10: 0436276194
ISBN-13: 9780436276194

In this work, social critic Thomas Frank examines the morphing of the language of democracy into the jargon of the marketplace. He traces an idea he calls "market populism" - the notion that markets are, in some transcendent way, identifiable with democracy and the will of the people.