Can Tocqueville Karaoke?
Subtitle: Global Contrasts of Citizen Participation, the Arts and Development
Publisher: Emerald Publishing Limited
Published: 2014
Language: eng
Number of pages: 328
ISBN-13: 9781781907368
Subjects: Arts and society; Political participation; Sociology, urban
Description: This volume questions the importance of arts and culture and their possible impact on politics and the economy. Chapters outline a new framework for analysis of democratic participation and economic growth and explore how these new patterns work around the world. The ideas of Alexis de Tocqueville and Joseph Schumpeter and Jane Jacobs are analysed.