Market, State, and Community by David Miller

Market, State, and Community by David Miller

Can we conceive of a market economy that fulfils the ideals of socialism? In this book, David Miller provides a comprehensive examination, from the standpoint of political theory, of an economy in which market mechanisms retain a central role, but in which capitalist patterns of ownership have been superseded. In Part I, Dr Miller shows that liberal ideas of freedom, justice, and efficiency cannot be used to vindicate laissez faire capitalism. In Part II, he rebuts left-wing criticisms of a socialist market economy. Part III presents a new model of the socialist state, whose central idea is that of democratic citizenship. Dr Miller's book provides a clear and coherent statement of the theoretical basis of market socialism and justifies it as a viable political option. The principles the author develops represent a radical alternative both to the libertarian ideas of the New Right and to the statist ideas of traditional socialism.

'He is,.. to be congratulated upon a brave pluralist foray into monolithic territory. Very many sensible, sensitive and civilized things are said in the course of this book' Times Higher Education Supplement
'a distinguished contribution ... a persuasive work of socialist reconstruction built upon the remains of the libertarian argument ... a comprehensive and lucid statement of the case for market socialism' Alan Carling, University of Bradford, American Political Science Review

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ISBN 13	9780198273400
ISBN 10	0198273401
Title	Market, State, and Community
Author	David Miller
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Publisher	Oxford University Press
Year published	1989-11-23
Number of pages	370
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