UID:
almafu_9959236808902883
Format:
1 online resource (359 p.)
Edition:
2nd ed.
ISBN:
1-134-91066-5
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1-134-91067-3
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0-203-41604-X
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0-585-44808-6
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1-280-33648-X
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9786610336487
Content:
The rise of the New Right and the collapse of state communism in 1989 has fundamentally changed political thinking in the late twentieth century. Rodney Barker has revised and extended his classic text - Political Ideas in Modern Britain - in the light of these changes. His accessible account of political thinking in Britain since the 1880's now includes detailed analysis of:* the demise of traditional conservatism and socialism* the rise and decline of the New Right* the growth of feminism, liberalism and pluralism Political Ideas in Modern Britain charts the
Note:
Description based upon print version of record.
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Cover; Political Ideas in Modern Britain; Title Page; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; Acknowledgements; 1 Two introductions; Introduction 1996; Introduction 1978; 2 Friends of the modern state; 3 Pleas for liberty; 4 Neither state nor individual: the defence of communal and group politics; 5 The pale of the constitution: the idea of citizenship; 6 Accommodations to the modern state: political ideas in the second quarter of the twentieth century; 7 Arrivals and departures: political ideas in the third quarter of the twentieth century
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8 The death of conservatism and the dispersal of liberalism 9 The death of socialism and the rise of the left; 10 Definitions and doormats: the rise of feminism; 11 Conclusion; Bibliography; Index
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English
Additional Edition:
ISBN 0-415-07121-6
Additional Edition:
ISBN 0-415-16166-5
Language:
English
Subjects:
Political Science
DOI:
10.4324/9780203416044
