The Search for Freedom (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9780814250334)

In The Search for Freedom, Whitney Pope is interested in how the behavior of people in different times and in different circumstances, acting with and against one another in pursuit of a myriad of both durable and changing goals, has perpetuated freedom or undermined it. Part I addresses Tocqueville's use of such concepts as authority, community, and decentralization in his analysis of freedom and order in Jacksonian democracy and during the French Revolution. Part 2 examines freedom in contemporary context by looking at large organizations: specifically, an American labor union and a large Japanese company. Part 3 turns to Sweden to assess the relationship between freedom and the modern welfare state. Pope's conclusion uses the insights gained from these case studies to flesh out a theory of freedom. An original and timely text, The Search for Freedom will be welcomed by both teachers and students.

Author: Whitney Pope
ISBN-10: 0814250335
ISBN-13: 9780814250334
Publisher: Ohio State University Press
Language: English
Published: 10/01/1999
Pages: 219
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.68lbs
Size: 9.02h x 6.12w x 0.67d

Review Citation(s):
Reference and Research Bk News 11/01/2000 pg. 112