Modernization and Its Political Consequences: Weber, Mannheim, and Schumpeter Book

Contents

Preface....................xi
Chapter One. General Introduction....................1
1 Modernization....................2
2 Pluralism, Polyarchy, and Incrementalism....................7
3 Doubts about Incrementalism and Polyarchy in Political Science....................9
4 Political Endorsement of Polyarchy and Incrementalism....................12
5 Questions....................15
Chapter Two. Max Weber....................17
1 Personal and Intellectual Background....................18
2 Weber's Philosophy of Science....................21
3 Capitalism and the Rationalization of Occidental Culture....................28
4 Bureaucracy and Bureaucratization....................38
5 Democracy in Modern Society....................45
6 Preliminary Assessment....................55
Chapter Three. Karl Mannheim....................61
1 Personal and Intellectual Background....................61
2 The Reception of Mannheim....................64
3 Science and Society....................66
4 Some Fundamental Assumptions and Concepts of the Sociology of Planning....................78
5 Planning for Freedom....................88
6 Mannheim's Diagnosis of Our Ethical Situation....................102
7 Preliminary Assessment....................109
Chapter Four. Joseph Schumpeter....................114
1 Personal Background....................116
2 Standpoints on Science, Economics, and History....................119
3 The Decline of Capitalism....................125
4 The Socialist Economic System Works....................141
5 Socialism and Democracy....................154
6 Making Up theBalance....................170
Chapter Five. Synthesis: The Modernization of Politics and Society....................183
1 The Rationalization Perspective....................184
2 Rationalization and Politics....................193
3 Democracy and the Entry of the Masses into the Political Arena....................197
4 What to Do?....................205
Notes....................211
Bibliography....................241
Index....................251