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Cover -- Half Title -- Title -- Copyright -- Dedication -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- 1 "A Memo That Changed the Course of History" -- 2 From "Free Labor" to "Free Enterprise" -- 3 Free Enterprise versus the New Deal Order -- 4 A "Beautiful but Much-Abused Phrase" -- 5 "The Party of Free Enterprise" -- 6 "Faith in Free Enterprise" -- 7 "Free Enterprise Needs Restatement to Suit Our Modern Needs" -- 8 From Public Spending to "Entitlements" -- Epilogue -- Notes -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- Y.

An incisive look at the intellectual and cultural history of free enterprise and its influence on American politics Throughout the twentieth century, "free enterprise" has been a contested keyword in American politics, and the cornerstone of a conservative philosophy that seeks to limit government involvement into economic matters. Lawrence B. Glickman shows how the idea first gained traction in American discourse and was championed by opponents of the New Deal. Those politicians, believing free enterprise to be a fundamental American value, held it up as an antidote to a liberalism that they maintained would lead toward totalitarian statism. Tracing the use of the concept of free enterprise, Glickman shows how it has both constrained and transformed political dialogue. He presents a fascinating look into the complex history, and marketing, of an idea that forms the linchpin of the contemporary opposition to government regulation, taxation, and programs such as Medicare

This article analyzes the relationship between citizenship and consumption posited by the Decatur Study and developed in the influential book Personal Influence by Katz and Lazarsfeld. It shows that they understood a close relationship between the two. It also contrasts the Katz/Lazarsfeld understanding of the relationship between citizenship and consumption with that of contemporary consumer activists to show that, for scholars of "effects," Katz and Lazarsfeld, who focused exclusively on the "inputs" of consumer choice, paid surprisingly little attention to the social impact of consumption.

This article analyzes the relationship between citizenship & consumption posited by the Decatur Study & developed in the influential book Personal Influence by Katz & Lazarsfeld. It shows that they understood a close relationship between the two. It also contrasts the Katz/Lazarsfeld understanding of the relationship between citizenship & consumption with that of contemporary consumer activists to show that, for scholars of "effects," Katz & Lazarsfeld, who focused exclusively on the "inputs" of consumer choice, paid surprisingly little attention to the social impact of consumption. References. [Reprinted by permission of Sage Publications Inc., copyright 2006 The American Academy of Political and Social Science.]