This paper addresses problems in the theory and practice of democracy. In the twentieth century new economic and sociological theories of rationality came to dominate social science. These theories undermined old ideals of representative democracy. For a while, the bureaucratic paradigm seemed...

This book presents a much-needed corrective to the model of the 'free market' which has come to dominate public and academic life. Leading historians, theorists and social scientists offer historically-informed, interdisciplinary inquiries into the embeddedness of markets in social, cultural and...