Progressives, Pluralists, and the Problems of the State

Ideologies of Reform in the United States and Britain, 1909-1926
Erscheinungsjahr 2006
ISBN: 978-0-19-929163-2
Verlag: OUP Oxford

Buch, Englisch, 324 Seiten, Format (B × H): 156 mm x 234 mm, Gewicht: 494 g

First comprehensive examination of the close relationship between leading groups of British socialists and American progressives in the first three decades of the twentieth century
- Employs new methods of conceptual and institutional analysis and draws on extensive original archival research
- Challenges traditional narratives which emphasize the exceptional development of American and British lefts, arguing instead that the ideologies of both movements were constantly shaped by international exchange

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.

Contents
- 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

Zielgruppe

Scholars and Students of Political Theory, Political Philosophy, and History of Ideas

Autoren/Hrsg.

Stears, Marc

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Politikwissenschaft Allgemein Politische Methodenlehre
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Politikwissenschaft Allgemein Politische Theorie, Politische Philosophie
• Geisteswissenschaften Philosophie Sozialphilosophie, Politische Philosophie
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Politische Ideologien Sozialismus

Über Autor(innen)

Marc Stears, Lecturer in Political Theory, University of Oxford