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Tables of Contents for Capitalism, Socialism and Democracy
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Introduction
ix
 
Tom Bottomore
PART I: THE MARXIAN DOCTRINE
1
58
Prologue
3
2
I. Marx the Prophet
5
4
II. Marx the Sociologist
9
12
III. Marx the Economist
21
24
IV. Marx the Teacher
45
14
PART II: CAN CAPITALISM SURVIVE?
59
106
Prologue
61
2
V. The Rate of Increase of Total Output
63
9
VI. Plausible Capitalism
72
9
VII. The Process of Creative Destruction
81
6
VIII. Monopolistic Practices
87
20
IX. Closed Season
107
4
X. The Vanishing of Investment Opportunity
111
10
XI. The Civilization of Capitalism
121
10
XII. Crumbling Walls
131
12
I. The Obsolescence of the Entrepreneurial Function
131
3
II. The Destruction of the Protecting Strata
134
5
III. The Destruction of the Institutional Framework of Capitalist Society
139
4
XIII. Growing Hostility
143
13
I. The Social Atmosphere of Capitalism
143
2
II. The Sociology of the Intellectual
145
11
XIV. Decomposition
156
9
PART III: CAN SOCIALISM WORK?
165
67
XV. Clearing Decks
167
5
XVI. The Socialist Blueprint
172
15
XVII. Comparison of Blueprints
187
13
I. A Preliminary Point
187
1
II. A Discussion of Comparative Efficiency
188
5
III. The Case for the Superiority of the Socialist Blueprint
193
7
XVIII. The Human Element
200
19
A Warning
200
1
I. The Historical Relativity of the Argument
200
2
II. About Demigods and Archangels
202
3
III. The Problem of Bureaucratic Management
205
5
IV. Saving and Discipline
210
2
V. Authoritarian Discipline in Socialism; a Lesson from Russia
212
7
XIX. Transition
219
13
I. Two Different Problems Distinguished
219
2
II. Socialization in a State of Maturity
221
2
III. Socialization in a State of Immaturity
223
5
IV. Socialist Policy Before the Act; the English Example
228
4
PART IV: SOCIALISM AND DEMOCRACY
232
71
XX. The Setting of the Problem
235
15
I. The Dictatorship of the Proletariat
235
2
II. The Record of Socialist Parties
237
3
III. A Mental Experiment
240
3
IV. In Search of a Definition
243
7
XXI. The Classical Doctrine of Democracy
250
19
I. The Common Good and the Will of the People
250
2
II. The Will of the People and Individual Volition
252
4
III. Human Nature in Politics
256
8
IV. Reasons for the Survival of the Classical Doctrine
264
5
XXII. Another Theory of Democracy
269
15
I. Competition for Political Leadership
269
4
II. The Principle Applied
273
11
XXIII. The Inference
284
19
I. Some Implications of the Preceding Analysis
284
5
II. Conditions for the Success of the Democratic Method
289
7
III. Democracy in the Socialist Order
296
7
PART V: A HISTORICAL SKETCH OF SOCIALIST PARTIES
303
106
Prologue
305
1
XXIV. The Nonage
306
6
XXV. The Situation that Marx Faced
312
8
XXVI. From 1875 to 1914
320
32
I. English Developments and the Spirit of Fabianism
320
5
II. Sweden on the One Hand and Russia on the Other
325
6
III. Socialist Groups in the United States
331
5
IV. The French Case; Analysis of Syndicalism
336
5
V. The German Party and Revisionism; the Austrian Socialists
341
8
VI. The Second International
349
3
XXVII. From the First to the Second World War
352
24
I. The "Gran Rifiuto"
352
2
II. The Effects of the First World War on the Chances of the Socialist Parties of Europe
354
4
III. Communism and the Russian Element
358
5
IV. Administering Capitalism?
363
10
V. The Present War and the Future of Socialist Parties
373
3
XXVIII. The Consequences of the Second World War
376
33
I. England and Orthodox Socialism
377
3
II. Economic Possibilities in the United States
380
18
1. Redistribution of Income through Taxation
381
1
2. The Great Possibility
382
3
3. Conditions for Its Realization
385
6
4. Transitional Problems
391
1
5. The Stagnationist Thesis
392
6
6. Conclusion
398
1
III. Russian Imperialism and Communism
398
11
COMMENTS ON FURTHER POSTWAR DEVELOPMENTS
Preface to the Third English Edition, 1949
409
6
The March into Socialism
415
12
Index
427