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 It is a collection of papers and articles by Alex Carey which remained unpublished until after his death.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." 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 CX6598 0 true true false CX6598.htm [0xc001050120 0xc0024c06f0 0xc0024c1c80 0xc0024ddd70 0xc0024fba70 0xc00030bc80 0xc0005166c0 0xc000289b60 0xc000674a50 0xc000541e90 0xc000565e30 0xc0005ca7b0 0xc000611890 0xc001286f90 0xc001eea8a0 0xc00066ae70 0xc0013e87b0 0xc0016aad50 0xc0016e05d0 0xc0012eeea0] Cx}
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

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Subject Headings

Taking the Risk Out of Democracy
Corporate Propaganda versus Freedom and Liberty