Taking the risk out of demcracy

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 The collection, drawn from Carey's voluminous unpublished writings, examines how and why the business elite successfully sold its values and perspectives to the rest of society.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

About the author

Alex Carey lectured in psychology and industrial relations at the University of South Wales. 

Product details

• Authors: a lohrey Carey, Alex Carey
• Assisted by: Andrew Lohrey (Editor)
• Publisher: External catalogues US
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 15.12.1996
• EAN: 9780252066160
• ISBN: 978-0-252-06616-0
• Dimensions: 155 mm x 230 mm x 18 mm
• Series: History of Communication (Pape; History of Communication; The History of Media and Communication
• Subject: Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political education