The end of protest : how free-market capitalism learned to control dissent / Alasdair Roberts.

"Tracing the histories of economic unrest in the United States and Great Britain from the nineteenth century to the present, The End of Protest shows that governments have always been preoccupied with the task of controlling dissent over free market policies. But today's methods pose a new...

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Main Author: Roberts, Alasdair (Alasdair Scott) (Author)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Ithaca : Cornell University Press, 2016.
Series:Cornell selects
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Summary:"Tracing the histories of economic unrest in the United States and Great Britain from the nineteenth century to the present, The End of Protest shows that governments have always been preoccupied with the task of controlling dissent over free market policies. But today's methods pose a new threat to democratic values. For the moment, advocates of free-market capitalism have found ways of controlling discontent, but the continued effectiveness of these strategies is by no means certain"--
Physical Description:1 online resource
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references.
ISBN:9781501714436
1501714430
Source of Description, Etc. Note:Print version record.