"crisis of democracy" question

[kelley]

At 10:56 AM 12/3/1999 -0500, you wrote:
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>On Fri, 3 Dec 1999 09:26:13 -0600 Steve Perry <sperry at usinternet.com> wrote:
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>> i need to nail down the origins of the phrase "crisis of 
>> democracy" for a piece i'm writing on the seattle events.

i'd check out a fellah who teaches about the intellectual/social movement
history of the 50s and 60s.  there's a link to him at
http://www.flash.net/~oudies/theoryD1.htm#bell.  that will take you some of
daniel bell's work posted on the net and if you click to the homepage, then
you'll get his web site.  i have a strong suspicion that, in the US, the
public discourse would be tied to bell's work on the contradictions of
capitalism, as well as irving howe and the New York Intellectuals, the
circle that bell traveled in.

kelley