Feudal America : Elements of the Middle Ages in Contemporary Society /

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Do Americans live in a liberal capitalist society, or a society in which big money, private security, and personal relations determine key social outcomes? Shlapentokh and Woods argue that the answer to these questions cannot be found among the conventional models. Offering a new analytical tool, th...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Shlapentokh, Vladimir
Other Authors: Woods, Joshua
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: University Park, Pa. : Pennsylvania State University Press, 2011.
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Social conditions.
Politics and government.
Economic history.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Sociology > General.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Popular Culture.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Anthropology > Cultural.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Public Policy > Cultural Policy.
United States.
États-Unis > Politique et gouvernement > 21e siecle.
États-Unis > Conditions economiques > 21e siecle.
États-Unis > Conditions sociales > 21e siecle.
United States > Economic conditions > 21st century.
United States > Politics and government > 21st century.
United States > Social conditions > 21st century.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • The feudal model in social analysis : from medieval Europe to contemporary America
  • Feudal, liberal, and authoritarian models as tools for analyzing the middle ages and contemporary American society
  • Big money and corporations as promoters of feudal tendencies
  • The feudal model and the organizational level of analysis
  • Private coercion : a feudal aspect of contemporary American society
  • Personal relations in American politics and business : a feudal phenomenon.

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