Taking the Risk Out of Democracy
Author | : Alex Carey |
Publisher | : University of Illinois Press |
Total Pages | : 250 |
Release | : 1997 |
ISBN-10 | : 0252066162 |
ISBN-13 | : 9780252066160 |
Rating | : 4/5 (62 Downloads) |
Download or read book Taking the Risk Out of Democracy written by Alex Carey and published by University of Illinois Press. This book was released on 1997 with total page 250 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Alex Carey documents the twentieth-century history of corporate propaganda as practiced by U.S. businesse, and its export to and adoption by Western democracies like the United Kingdom and Australia. The collection, drawn from Carey's voluminous unpublished writings, examines how and why the business elite successfully sold its values and perspectives to the rest of society. A volume in the series The History of Communication, edited by Robert W. McChesney and John C. Nerone