Taking the Risk Out of Democracy
Corporate Propaganda versus Freedom and Liberty
Carey, Alex
Publisher: University of Illinois Press, Chicago, USA
Year First Published: {12458 Taking the Risk Out of Democracy TAKING THE RISK OUT OF DEMOCRACY Corporate Propaganda versus Freedom and Liberty Carey, Alex University of Illinois Press Chicago USA The twentieth-century history of corporate propaganda practiced by U.S. businesses and the ways in which such corporate propaganda was exported to, and adopted by, other western democracies especially the United Kingdom and Australia. 1995 1997 215pp $25.75 BC12458-TakingtheRisk.jpg B Book 0-252-06616-2 JK467.C37 322.30973 Taking the Risk Out of Democracy: Corporate Propaganda versus Freedom and Liberty provides the twentieth century history of corporate propaganda practiced by U.S. businesses and the ways in which such corporate propaganda was exported to, and adopted by, other western democracies especially the United Kingdom and Australia. It is a collection of papers and articles by Alex Carey which remained unpublished until after his death. The book is divided into three parts: "Closing the American Mind," "Exporting Free-enterprise Persuasion," and "Propaganda in the Social Sciences." Beginning with the origins of American propaganda, the book works its way through McCarthy's influence, role of governments, role of media and the Hawthorne studies amongst other topics of discussion. It examines "how and why the business elite has successfully sold its values and perspectives to the rest of society."
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<br>The late Alex Carey was a founding member of the Australian Humanist Society and one of the society's most public spokesmen. He was a lecturer at the University of New South Wales and lectured in industrial psychology, industrial relations and the psychology of nationalism and propaganda.
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<br>[Abstract by Nabeeha Chaudhary]
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<br>Table of Contents
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<br>Preface
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<br>Part I: Closing the American Mind
<br>1. The Origins of American Propaganda
<br>2. The Early Years
<br>3. The First Americanization Movement
<br>4. The McCarthy Crusade
<br>5. Reshaping the Truth
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<br>Part II: Exporting Free-enterprise Persuasion
<br>6. Grassroots and Treetops Propaganda
<br>7. Exporting Persuasion
<br>8. The Orwell Diversion
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<br>Part III: Propaganda in the Social Sciences
<br>9. The Human Relations Approach
<br>10. The Industrial Preachers
<br>11. The Hawthorne Studies: A criticism
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<br>Notes
<br>Bibliography
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Year Published: 1997
Pages: 215pp Price: $25.75 ISBN: 0-252-06616-2
Library of Congress Number: JK467.C37 Dewey: 322.30973
Resource Type: Book
Cx Number: CX6598
The twentieth-century history of corporate propaganda practiced by U.S. businesses and the ways in which such corporate propaganda was exported to, and adopted by, other western democracies especially the United Kingdom and Australia.
Abstract:
Taking the Risk Out of Democracy: Corporate Propaganda versus Freedom and Liberty provides the twentieth century history of corporate propaganda practiced by U.S. businesses and the ways in which such corporate propaganda was exported to, and adopted by, other western democracies especially the United Kingdom and Australia. It is a collection of papers and articles by Alex Carey which remained unpublished until after his death. The book is divided into three parts: "Closing the American Mind," "Exporting Free-enterprise Persuasion," and "Propaganda in the Social Sciences." Beginning with the origins of American propaganda, the book works its way through McCarthy's influence, role of governments, role of media and the Hawthorne studies amongst other topics of discussion. It examines "how and why the business elite has successfully sold its values and perspectives to the rest of society."
The late Alex Carey was a founding member of the Australian Humanist Society and one of the society's most public spokesmen. He was a lecturer at the University of New South Wales and lectured in industrial psychology, industrial relations and the psychology of nationalism and propaganda.
[Abstract by Nabeeha Chaudhary]
Table of Contents
Preface
Part I: Closing the American Mind
1. The Origins of American Propaganda
2. The Early Years
3. The First Americanization Movement
4. The McCarthy Crusade
5. Reshaping the Truth
Part II: Exporting Free-enterprise Persuasion
6. Grassroots and Treetops Propaganda
7. Exporting Persuasion
8. The Orwell Diversion
Part III: Propaganda in the Social Sciences
9. The Human Relations Approach
10. The Industrial Preachers
11. The Hawthorne Studies: A criticism
Notes
Bibliography
Index
Subject Headings
