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Rhetoric of reaction : perversity, futility, jeopardy

By: Hirschman, Albert O.
Publisher: Cambridge : Harvard University Press, 1991Description: xi, 197 p. ; 21 cm.ISBN: 9780674768680.Subject(s): Conservatism | Poor laws | Welfare state | Providence State | Beveridge Report | Class distinction | European tradition | Corn laws | Fracasomania | Futility thesis | Income redistribution | Jeopardy thesis | Markets:self-regulating | Oligarchy,Iron law | Perversity thesis | Reform Act | Social welfare development | Unemployment compensation | Welfare stateDDC classification: 320.5209 Summary: Hirschman maps the diffuse and treacherous world of reactionary rhetoric in which conservative public figures, thinkers, and polemicists have been arguing against progressive agendas and reforms for 200 years. Ultimately, he shows that progressives are apt to employ related rhetorical postures, which are as biased as their reactionary counterparts.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.

Hirschman maps the diffuse and treacherous world of reactionary rhetoric in which conservative public figures, thinkers, and polemicists have been arguing against progressive agendas and reforms for 200 years. Ultimately, he shows that progressives are apt to employ related rhetorical postures, which are as biased as their reactionary counterparts.

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