Progressives, pluralists, and the problems of the state : ideologies of reform in the United States and Britain, 1909-1926 / Marc Stears.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Stears, Marc.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Cultural pluralism--Great Britain--History--20th century.

Cultural pluralism.

Cultural pluralism--United States--History--20th century.

Progressivism (United States politics).

Socialism--Great Britain--History.

Socialism.

Great Britain--Politics and government--1901-1936.

Great Britain.

United States--Politics and government--1901-1953.

United States.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (321 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2006.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

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. - ;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

Contents:

Contents; Abbreviations; Introduction; I: Beginnings; 1. Conceptual Foundations; 2. Building the New Nationalism; 3. Socialist Pluralism; II: Debate; 4. From Nationalism to Pluralism; 5. From Pluralism to Community; III: Convergence; 6. Education as Politics; 7. The Politics of Poverty; Conclusion; Epilogue; Select Bibliography; Index;

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [276]-295) and index.

Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.

ISBN:

9786610446209

0-19-929163-2

1-282-36583-5

9786612365836

1-280-44620-X

0-19-154469-8

OCLC:

476260674