Drift and Mastery

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Drift and Mastery is a 1914 book by American journalist Walter Lippmann that analyzes the social and economic upheavals of early 20th-century industrial society and advocates for scientific planning and democratic reform.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf book
non-fiction book
advocates democratic reform
scientific planning
use of social science in public policy
aimsTo reconcile democracy with large-scale organization
author Walter Lippmann
countryOfOrigin United States of America
surface form: United States
criticizes laissez-faire individualism
traditionalism
unregulated capitalism
describes transition from traditional to industrial society
firstEditionFormat print
follows A Preface to Politics
genre political theory
progressive era literature
social criticism
hasInfluenced American political thought
debates on planning and democracy
hasPart analysis of industrialization
discussion of social organization
proposal for expert administration
influencedBy Progressive Era politics
pragmatism
social science
language English
libraryOfCongressClassification HN64 .L6
mediaType print
notableFor analysis of modern mass society
early articulation of technocratic liberalism
oclcNumber 1855935
partOf Walter Lippmann bibliography
philosophicalOrientation liberalism
reformism
proposes coordinated planning in economic life
rational social control through expertise
publicationDate 1914
publisher Mitchell Kennerley
setInPeriod early 20th century
subject democracy
economic reform
industrial society
progressivism
scientific management
social and economic upheaval
social reform
timeOfCreation 1910s

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Walter Lippmann notableWork Drift and Mastery