It Didn′t Happen Here – Why Socialism Failed in the United States - Hardcover

Lipset, Seymour Martin

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0393040984 ISBN 13: 9780393040982

Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company, 2000

Synopsis

Socialist parties have been major forces in every democratic country in the world, yet they have played a surprisingly insignificant role in American politics. Why the United States should constitute an exception has been a critical question of American history and political development. The authors shed light on why it has not been possible to establish a durable socialist party in the US and provide important insights into American society and politics. Comparing America with other English-speaking countries, the authors eschew conventional explanations of socialism's failure to present a fuller understanding of how multiple factors combined to seal socialism's fate. Further chapters examine the distinctive character of American trade unions, immigration, the fragmentation of the American working class, socialist strategies and repression, concluding with an analysis of American political exceptionalism up to the present day.

About this title

From the Publisher:

Seymour Martin Lipset's last book, the critically acclaimed American Exceptionalism: A Double-Edged Sword was published by Norton.

About the Author:

Seymour Martin Lipset is the Hazel Professor of Public Policy at George Mason University and a fellow of the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars. Gary Marks is professor of political science and director of the Center for European Studies at the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill.

About this edition

• Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
• Publication date: 2000
• ISBN 10: 0393040984
• ISBN 13: 9780393040982
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 380