The shaping of popular consent
Subtitle: a comparative study of the Soviet Union and the United States, 1929-1941
By: Alexander McGregor.
Publisher: Cambria Press
Published: 2007
Place of publication: Youngstown, N.Y
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9781934043592
Subjects: Political culture -- Soviet Union.; Political culture -- United States.; Comparative politics.; Soviet Union -- Politics and government.; Soviet Union -- Social conditions.; United States -- Politics and government -- 20th century.; United States -- Social conditions -- 20th century.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: Part one: The glorification of the Establishment; The glorification of the Establishment through historical heroes; The glorification of the Establishment through modern heroes; The glorification of the Establishment through depictions of a soon-to-be-reached utopia; Part two: The representation of foreign enemies; Defending the society from foreign enemies; Representations of the new foreign enemy - nazism; Representations of the traditional enemy - American capitalism versus Soviet communism; Shaping the public image of internal villains, outsiders and independent groups; Shaping the public image of religious institutions; Devil and god-building; The representation of economic and law subversives.