The Cultural Context of Economics and Politics
Publisher: University Press of America
Published: October 11, 1994
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 103
ISBN-13: 9780819196798
Subjects: Anthropology; Cultural studies; Media studies; POLITICS & GOVERNMENT; Social research & statistics; Culture; Archaeology / Anthropology; Business/Economics; USA; Anthropology - Cultural; Non-Classifiable; Congresses; Economic development; Social Institutions
Description: Except for chap. 1, papers presented at a conference held Apr. 14, 1993, at Saint Vincent College, Latrobe, Pa., sponsored by the College's Center for Economic and Policy Education. Includes bibliographical references. 1. Political Economy and Culture: Principles of the Social Order / T. William Boxx and Gary M. Quinlivan -- 2. Culture, Economics and Politics / Thomas Sowell -- 3. Go to Harvard and Turn Left: The Rise of Socialist Ideology in Higher Education / Dwight R. Lee -- 4. Economic and Political Perspectives in the Entertainment Media / S. Robert Lichter -- 5. Taking Care of Business, Taking Care of Culture: The American Corporation and the American Culture Wars / George Weigel -- 6. Cultural Studies and the Conditions for Entrepreneurship / Don Lavoie -- 7. Our Economic Culture / Peter L. Berger -- 8. The Family Connection in Democratic Capitalist Societies / Brigitte Berger.