Overview
- Explains where democratic socialism comes from, and how it has played out in Europe
- Uses the European socialist experience to draw a line into America’s future
- Answers the seminal question: when is government big enough, and what does that look like?
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Table of contents (6 chapters)
Keywords
- Democratic socialism
- socialist
- constitutional republic
- macroeconomics
- democracy
- economic thought
- political ideology
- economic theory
- public policy
- property rights
- history of political thought
- 2024 Election
- wealth redistribution
- government
- political philosophy
- Marxist economic theory
- welfare state
- socialist economics
- Solzhenitsyn
- Dubcek
About this book
This book discusses socialism and democracy. It approaches socialism not as a label but as an ideology. Based on a careful examination of what socialism is, traced back to Karl Marx, this book explains the tense relationship between socialism and democracy and how it has influenced political thought and practice in both Europe and America. This book carefully avoids conventional wisdom, seeking instead to originate its definition and analysis of socialism in its political theory and practice. Building on the relationship between socialism and democracy, the book explores how this uneasy roommate agreement may affect America’s future.
Authors and Affiliations
About the author
Sven R. Larson is a Ph.D. political economist and author. He has worked for free-market think tanks and been an advisor to elected officials and political campaigns. His scholarship and policy research are focused on the dynamics between the welfare state and economic freedom. Among his previous books are Industrial Poverty, which analyzes the welfare state’s role in causing economic stagnation in Europe; The Rise of Big Government: How Egalitarianism Conquered America, an examination of the ideological similarities between the American and Swedish welfare states; and Faith and Freedom: The Moral Case for America, exploring the moral foundations of the American constitutional republic.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Democracy or Socialism
Book Subtitle: The Fateful Question for America in 2024
Authors: Sven R. Larson
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-65643-0
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan Cham
eBook Packages: Political Science and International Studies, Political Science and International Studies (R0)
Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2021
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-030-65642-3Published: 20 February 2021
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-030-65645-4Published: 20 February 2022
eBook ISBN: 978-3-030-65643-0Published: 19 February 2021
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XIV, 191
Number of Illustrations: 2 b/w illustrations
Topics: Political Theory, Political Economy/Economic Systems, Governance and Government, Political Philosophy