ISSN:
0306-8293
Source:
Emerald Fulltext Archive Database 1994-2005
Topics:
Economics
Notes:
In this paper, we analyze power in five modes of social organization, as can be found in Adam Smith's An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations. Specifically, we analyze Smith's presentations of pre-capital accumulation and private appropriation of land; feudalism; a system of perfect liberty; late eighteenth century England; and the American colonies, and examine how wealth power, monopoly power, employer power, and political power is manifested within each. We conclude, as does Smith, that modes of social organization can neither be found nor analyzed separately from power.
Type of Medium:
Electronic Resource
URL:
http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/03068290110360858
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