The Cambridge history of twentieth-century political thought / edited by Terence Ball and Richard Bellamy.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Ball, Terence, editor.

Bellamy, Richard (Richard Paul), editor.

Series:

Cambridge history of political thought

The Cambridge history of political thought

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Political science--History--20th century.

Political science.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xi, 754 pages) : digital, PDF file(s).

Place of Publication:

Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2003.

Summary:

This major work of academic reference provides a comprehensive overview of the development of political thought from the late nineteenth to the end of the twentieth century. Written by a distinguished team of international contributors, this Cambridge History, first published in 2003, covers the rise of the welfare state and subsequent reactions to it, the fascist and communist critiques of and attempted alternatives to liberal democracy, the novel forms of political organisation occasioned by the rise of a mass electorate and new social movements, the various intellectual traditions from positivism to post-modernism that have shaped the study of politics, the interaction between western and non-western traditions of political thought, and the challenge posed to the state by globalisation. Every major theme in twentieth-century political thought is covered in a series of chapters at once scholarly and accessible, of interest and relevance to students and scholars of politics at all levels from beginning undergraduate upwards.

Contents:

Part I. The changing fortunes of liberal democracy. The coming of the welfare state / Michael Freeden

Politics and markets: Keynes and his critics / Wayne Parsons

The advent of the masses and the making of the modern theory of democracy / Richard Bellamy

Nationalism and imperialism / James Mayall

Fascism and racism / Stanley G. Payne

Conservatism / Noël O'Sullivan

Christian democracy / Mario Caciagli

Critics of totalitarianism / Jeffrey C. Isaac

The end of the welfare state? / Robert E. Goodin

Part II. Varieties of Marxism. The Second International: socialism and social democracy / Dick Geary

The Russian Revolution: an ideology in power / Neil Harding

Asian communism / David McLellan

Western Marxism / David McLellan

French Marxism

existentialism to structuralism / Sunil Khilnani

Part III. Science, modernism and politics.

Positivism: reactions and developments / Melissa Lane

Postmodernism: pathologies of modernity from Nietzsche to the post-structuralists / Peter Dews

Weber, Durkheim and the sociology of the modern state / Antonino Palumbo, Alan Scott

Freud and his followers / Paul Roazen

Modernism in art, literature and political theory / Walter L. Adamson

The new science of politics / James Farr

Utilitarianism and beyond: contemporary analytical political theory / David Miller, Richard Dagger

Part IV. New social movements and the politics of difference

Pacifism and pacificism / Martin Ceadal

Feminisms / Susan James

Identity politics / James Tully

Green political theory / Terence Ball

Part V. Beyond Western political thought

Nonwestern political thought / Bhikhu Parekh

Islamic political thought / Salwa Ismail

Epilogue: The grand dichotomy of the twentieth century / Steven Lukes.

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ISBN:

9781139053600 (ebook)

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