Capitalism, Socialism, and Democracy Revisited - A Journal of Democracy Book

Commendation Quotes:"An excellent collection of essays -- thoughtful, provocative, illuminating. They make a book well worth reading." -- Irving Kristol, American Enterprise InstituteCommendation Quotes: An excellent collection of essays -- thoughtful, provocative, illuminating. They make a book well worth reading. Commendation Quotes: An excellent collection of essays--thoughtful, provocative, illuminating. They make a book well worth reading. Commendation Quotes: ""Capitalism, Socialism, and Democracy Revisited" is must reading for anyone who considers him- or herself a political economist, and it should also appeal to those probing the uncertainties of contemporary democratization. Commendation Quotes: "Capitalism, Socialism, and Democracy Revisited" is must reading for anyone who considers him- or herself a political economist, and it should also appeal to those probing the uncertainties of contemporary democratization. Marc Notes: Articles orig. appeared in the Journal of democracy, July 1992 and April 1993 by the author; Cloth avail.@ $45.00. Publisher Marketing: Fifty years ago, Joseph Schumpeter published Capitalism, Socialism, and Democracy, his classic study of the relationship between political democracy and alternative economic systems. Although Schumpeter's work continues to be widely read, many of its central conclusions have been called sharply into question by the developments of recent years.

Contributor Bio:  Diamond, Larry Jay Larry Diamond, senior fellow at the Hoover Institution, is codirector, with Marc Plattner, of the International Forum for Democratic Studies. He is also coeditor, with Marc Plattner, of the Journal of Democracy and of other collections of essays available from Johns Hopkins, including The Global Resurgence of Democracy and Consolidating the Third Wave Democracies. Contributor Bio:  Plattner, Marc F Larry Diamond is a senior fellow at the Hoover Institute of War, Revolution, and Peace at Stanford University. Marc F. Plattner is vice president for research and studies at the National Endowment for Democracy. They serve as codirectors of the International Forum for Democratic Studies and coeditors of the Journal of Democracy, as well as of other collections of essays available from Johns Hopkins, including The Global Divergence of Democracies, Islam and Democracy in the Middle East, and Democracy after Communism.