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Fawcett, Edmund.
Liberalism.
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Liberalism
: the
life
of an
idea
/ Edmund Fawcett.
by
Fawcett, Edmund.
Princeton University Press, 2018.
Call #:
320.51 F278L
Subjects
Liberalism
.
ISBN:
9780691180380 (pbk.)
Edition:
2nd ed.
Description:
xiii, 513 p. ; 22 cm.
Bibliography:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 467-494) and indexes.
Contents:
Introduction: the practice of
liberalism
-- Part one. The confidence of youth (1830-1880) -- Historical setting in the 1830s: thrown into a world of ceaseless change -- Guiding thoughts from founding thinkers: conflict, resistance, progress, and respect --
Liberalism
in practice: four exemplary politicians -- The nineteenth-century legacy:
liberalism
without caricature -- Part two.
Liberalism
in maturity and the struggle with democracy (1880-1945) -- Historical setting in the 1880s: the world liberals were making -- The compromises that gave us liberal democracy -- The economic powers of the modern state and modern market -- Damaged ideals and broken dreams -- Thinking about
liberalism
in the 1930s-1940s -- Part three. Second chance and success (1945-1989) -- Historical setting after 1945: liberal democracy's new start -- New foundations: rights, a democratic rule of law, and welfare -- Liberal thinking after 1945 -- The breadth of liberal politics in the 1950s-1980s -- Part four. Liberal dreams and nightmares in the twenty-first century -- Two decades that shook liberal democracy -- The primacy of politics.
Summary:
"Despite playing a decisive role in shaping the past two hundred years of American and European politics,
liberalism
is no longer the dominant force it once was. In this expanded and updated edition of what has become a classic history of
liberalism
, Edmund Fawcett traces its ideals, successes, and failures through the lives and ideas of exemplary thinkers and politicians from the early nineteenth century to today. Significant revisions - including a new conclusion - reflect recent changes affecting the world political order that many see as presenting new and very potent threats to the survival of liberal democracy as we know it. A richly detailed account of a vulnerable but critically important political creed, this book reminds us that to defend
liberalism
it is vital to understand its character and history."--Back cover.
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