Liberalism & centre democratic ideologies
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A Free Country
Explores how Australians, inspired by their new democracy, attempted to use their freedom to build a society without social and economic conflict, and examining the ideological battles of the period. Learn More£43.95Availability: In stock
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Takeover
How did liberals get to be the way they are today? Takeover delineates the sharp break in the history of modern liberalism that began in the 1960s, and shows how leftists in pursuit of 'social justice' went from protest rallies to the halls of power by rewriting the Democratic Party’s presidential nominating rules for their own benefit and using the courts to advance their radical agenda. Learn More£27.95Availability: In stock
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Learning the Left
Examines the ways in which young people and adults learned (and continue to learn) the tenets of liberal politics in the United States through the popular media and the arts, from the turn of the twentieth century to the present. Iit is hoped that this publication’s focus on the history of the civic functions of the popular media and arts will begin a much-needed conversation among a variety of scholars, notably historians of education. Learn More£86.50Availability: In stock
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Political Liberalization and Democratization in the Arab World Volume 2
An examination of processes of, and prospects for political reform in ten Arab countries. It is a comparative collection organized around a common analytical framework and asks questions such as how do governments define their brand of democracy and what is behind the democratization process? Learn More£22.50Availability: In stock
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Political Liberalization and Democratization in the Arab World Volume 2
An examination of processes of, and prospects for political reform in ten Arab countries. It is a comparative collection organized around a common analytical framework and asks questions such as how do governments define their brand of democracy and what is behind the democratization process? Learn More£51.50Availability: In stock
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New York Public Intellectuals and Beyond
Shows how a small New York group, predominantly Jewish, moved from communist and socialist roots to become a primary voice of liberal humanism and, in the case of a few, to launch a new conservative movement. This book concentrates on Lionel Trilling as the paradigmatic liberal intellectual and also includes reconsiderations of Irving Howe. Learn More£25.95Availability: In stock
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New Deal/New South
Contains twelve essays that examine how white liberal southern politicians who came to prominence in the New Deal and World War II handled the race issue when it became central to politics in the 1950s and 1960s. This book states that it was the southern business leaders and New South politicians who mediated the transition to desegregation. Learn More£19.95Availability: In stock
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The Moderate Imagination
Taps archival materials and unread works from John Updike's college years to offer a clearer view of his acute political thought and ideas. Updike's prescient literary imagination, Fromer shows, sensed the disappointments and alienation of rural white working- and middle-class Americans decades before conservatives sought to exploit them. Learn More£39.95Availability: In stock
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Democracy, Markets and Structural Reform in Latin America
Addressing the problematic relationship between neoliberal strategies of economic restructuring and the process of democratic consolidation, this study highlights the connections between democratic politics and marketplace logic, promoted by policy-makers in the US government. Learn More£19.95Availability: In stock
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Moderates
The fierce polarisation of contemporary politics has encouraged Americans to read back into their nation's past a perpetual ideological struggle between liberals and conservatives. However, in this timely book, David S. Brown advances an original interpretation that stresses the critical role of moderate statesmen, ideas, and alliances in making the US political system work. Learn More£34.95Availability: In stock
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American Contempt for Liberty
In this latest collection of essays Walter E. Williams takes on a range of controversial issues surrounding race, education, the environment, the Constitution, health care, foreign policy, and more. Skewering the self-righteous and self-important, he makes the case for what he calls the "the moral superiority of personal liberty and its main ingredient - limited government." Learn More£18.50Availability: In stock
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Mexico Under Fox
Mexico made a peaceful transition to democracy when it elected opposition leader Fox president in July 2000 - an event that has had a profound impact on the system, its economic and social policy, and its international relationships. Learn More£43.50Availability: In stock
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Guatemalan Politics
Guatemala has been part of the movement towards democracy in Latin America. This book focuses on popular political participation between elections and on the public policy of recent government in Guatemala. Learn More£31.50Availability: In stock
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The Spaces of Neoliberalism
This inter-disciplinary book addresses how neoliberal policies have influenced the politics and culture of land, territory, place and households in Latin America. The contributors probe the often-ignored spatial aspects of neoliberalism itself. Learn More£23.95Availability: In stock
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The New Deal and the Triumph of Liberalism
In this collection of essays, a group of political scientists and historians re-evaluate the legacy of the New Deal. They show how Roosevelt and his allies forged an enduring public philosophy - modern liberalism - that redefined the relationship of government and governed. Learn More£20.50Availability: In stock
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The Growth of the Liberal Soul
This work analyzes contemporary debates about the foundations of liberal democratic politics. Walsh elaborates on the existential core of the liberal political tradition by investigating the radical, moral and social controversies that are becoming universal. Learn More£55.50Availability: In stock