Progressives, Pluralists, and the Problems of the State (Paperback)

Marc Stears

ISBN 10: 0199291632 / ISBN 13: 9780199291632

Editore: Oxford University Press, Oxford, 2006

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Paperback. In the first three decades of the twentieth century, two groups of radical political theorists - one British and one American - were bound together in a unique ideological relationship. Progressives, Pluralists, and the Problems of the State provides the first comprehensive examination of the intellectual dialogue that constituted that bond. Drawing on extensive original archival research, and employing new methods of conceptual analysis, the book examinesthe efforts of these two initially distinctive political movements to forge a single ideology capable of motivating far-reaching reform in both of their countries. In so doing it challenges traditionalnarratives emphasizing the exceptional development of American progressivism and British socialism, arguing instead that the intellectual inspirations and political programmes of both movements were constantly shaped and reshaped by international ideological exchange. Such an analysis transforms our understanding of the complex political demands of these movements and enables the works of their leading protagonists, including G. D. H. Cole, Herbert Croly, Harold Laski, and Walter Lippmann, toemerge as rich and sophisticated contributions to modern political thought. This is the first comprehensive examination of the close relationship between leading groups of British socialists and American progressives in the early twentieth century. Employing new methods of conceptual and institutional analysis, and drawing on extensive original archival research, the book challenges traditional analyses of these movements. Shipping may be from our UK warehouse or from our Australian or US warehouses, depending on stock availability.

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• Titolo: Progressives, Pluralists, and the Problems of the State (Paperback)
• Editore: Oxford University Press, Oxford
• Data di pubblicazione: 2006
• Lingua: Inglese
• ISBN 10: 0199291632
• ISBN 13: 9780199291632
• Rilegatura: Paperback
• Condizione: new

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Riassunto

In the first three decades of the twentieth century, two groups of radical political theorists - one British and one American - were bound together in a unique ideological relationship. Progressives, Pluralists, and the Problems of the State provides the first comprehensive examination of the intellectual dialogue that constituted that bond. Drawing on extensive original archival research, and employing new methods of conceptual analysis, the book examines the efforts of these two initially distinctive political movements to forge a single ideology capable of motivating far-reaching reform in both of their countries. In so doing it challenges traditional narratives emphasizing the exceptional development of American progressivism and British socialism, arguing instead that the intellectual inspirations and political programmes of both movements were constantly shaped and reshaped by international ideological exchange. Such an analysis transforms our understanding of the complex political demands of these movements and enables the works of their leading protagonists, including G. D. H. Cole, Herbert Croly, Harold Laski, and Walter Lippmann, to emerge as rich and sophisticated contributions to modern political thought.

Contenuti

• Part I: Beginnings
• 1: Conceptual Foundations
• 2: Building the New Nationalism
• 3: Socialist Pluralism
• Part II: Debate
• 4: From Nationalism to Pluralism
• 5: From Pluralism to Community
• Part III: Convergence
• 6: Education as Politics
• 7: The Politics of Poverty
• Conclusion
• Epilogue