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In The Name of Liberalism Illiberal Social Policy in the United States and Britain

King Desmond
Innbundet / 1999 / Engelsk

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ISBN
9780198296096
Publisert
1999
Utgiver
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Oxford University Press
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664 gr
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241 mm
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163 mm
Dybde
24 mm
Aldersnivå
P, 06
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Product language
Engelsk
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Innbundet
Antall sider
354

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King Desmond

Biographical note

Desmond King is a Professor of Politics and a Fellow of St John's College, Oxford.

In The Name of Liberalism Illiberal Social Policy in the United States and Britain

King Desmond
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...fascinating and timely new book - Robert Taylor. The Spectator. 20/March/1999

With characteristic thoroughness, Desmond King probes how and why liberal democracies periodically pursue illiberal policies... With illiberal propensities so deeply nested within entrenched liberal democracies such as Britain and the United States, this study sends the timely message that illiberal social policy will be an integral part of our future... The racial sensitivity of this analysis... deserves applause... Overall, In the Name of Liberalism is an eloquently written, conceptually innovative and empirically rich inquiry. It is unusual to find such a study worthy of praise on so many fronts, yet this valuable investigation deserves to attract widespread interest within and beyond the scholarly community.

Fiona Ross, Social Policy Vo.29 No.2

Richly researched and suggestive new book... its case studies,,, make vivid the complex of interests and opinions that have gone into the formation of public policy in twentieth-century liberal democracy.

Peter Berkowitz, TLS 25/08/2000

Why have British and North American governments adopted illiberal social policies during this century? In the Name of Liberalism investigates examples of social policy in Britain and the United States that conflict with liberal democratic ideals. The book examines the use of eugenic arguments in the 1920s and 1930s, the use of work camps in the 1930s as a response to mass unemployment and the introduction of work-for-welfare programs since the 1980s. The book argues that existing accounts of American and British political development neglect how illiberal social policies are intertwined in the creation of modern liberal democratic institutions. Such policies are, paradoxically, justified in terms of the liberal democratic framework itself. In the light of the books research, the author suggests that there is a need to know more about the internal workings of democracies to justify the claim that liberal democracy represents the most attractive set of political institutions.
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Why have contemporary British and North American governments adopted illiberal social policies ? Examining examples of such policies, the author argues that government accommodation of illiberal policies are a paradox of a liberal democratic framework and that there is a need to question further the internal workings of entrenched democracies.
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PART 1. POLITICS, POLICY MAKING AND IDEAS. ; 1. Liberalism and Illiberal Social Policy ; 2. Liberal Democracy and Policy-Making: Knowledge and the Formation of Social Policy ; PART 2. LIBERAL UNREASON ; 3. Cutting off the Worst: Voluntary Sterilisation in Britain in the 1930s ; 4. The Gravest Menace?: Immigration Policy ; PART 3. LIBERAL AMELIORATION AND COLLECTIVISM ; 5. Reconditioning the Unemployed: the Labour Camps in Britain ; 6. This Kind of Work Must Go On: The US Civilian Conservation Corps ; PART 4. THE LIBERAL COERCIVE CONTRACT ; 7. Aroused Like One From Sleep: From New Poor Law to Workfare in Britain ; 8. A Second Chance, Not a Way of Life: Welfare as Workfare in the US ; PART 5. CONCLUSION ; 9. The Future of Social Citizenship
Les mer
...fascinating and timely new book - Robert Taylor. The Spectator. 20/March/1999 `With characteristic thoroughness, Desmond King probes how and why liberal democracies periodically pursue illiberal policies... With illiberal propensities so deeply nested within entrenched liberal democracies such as Britain and the United States, this study sends the timely message that illiberal social policy will be an integral part of our future... The racial sensitivity of this analysis... deserves applause... Overall, In the Name of Liberalism is an eloquently written, conceptually innovative and empirically rich inquiry. It is unusual to find such a study worthy of praise on so many fronts, yet this valuable investigation deserves to attract widespread interest within and beyond the scholarly community.' Fiona Ross, Social Policy Vo.29 No.2 `Richly researched and suggestive new book... its case studies,,, make vivid the complex of interests and opinions that have gone into the formation of public policy in twentieth-century liberal democracy.' Peter Berkowitz, TLS 25/08/2000
Les mer
Topical and controversial issue Unique and original research published for the first time
Desmond King is a Professor of Politics and a Fellow of St John's College, Oxford.
Topical and controversial issue Unique and original research published for the first time

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...fascinating and timely new book - Robert Taylor. The Spectator. 20/March/1999

With characteristic thoroughness, Desmond King probes how and why liberal democracies periodically pursue illiberal policies... With illiberal propensities so deeply nested within entrenched liberal democracies such as Britain and the United States, this study sends the timely message that illiberal social policy will be an integral part of our future... The racial sensitivity of this analysis... deserves applause... Overall, In the Name of Liberalism is an eloquently written, conceptually innovative and empirically rich inquiry. It is unusual to find such a study worthy of praise on so many fronts, yet this valuable investigation deserves to attract widespread interest within and beyond the scholarly community.

Fiona Ross, Social Policy Vo.29 No.2

Richly researched and suggestive new book... its case studies,,, make vivid the complex of interests and opinions that have gone into the formation of public policy in twentieth-century liberal democracy.

Peter Berkowitz, TLS 25/08/2000

Why have British and North American governments adopted illiberal social policies during this century? In the Name of Liberalism investigates examples of social policy in Britain and the United States that conflict with liberal democratic ideals. The book examines the use of eugenic arguments in the 1920s and 1930s, the use of work camps in the 1930s as a response to mass unemployment and the introduction of work-for-welfare programs since the 1980s. The book argues that existing accounts of American and British political development neglect how illiberal social policies are intertwined in the creation of modern liberal democratic institutions. Such policies are, paradoxically, justified in terms of the liberal democratic framework itself. In the light of the books research, the author suggests that there is a need to know more about the internal workings of democracies to justify the claim that liberal democracy represents the most attractive set of political institutions.
Les mer
Why have contemporary British and North American governments adopted illiberal social policies ? Examining examples of such policies, the author argues that government accommodation of illiberal policies are a paradox of a liberal democratic framework and that there is a need to question further the internal workings of entrenched democracies.
Les mer
PART 1. POLITICS, POLICY MAKING AND IDEAS. ; 1. Liberalism and Illiberal Social Policy ; 2. Liberal Democracy and Policy-Making: Knowledge and the Formation of Social Policy ; PART 2. LIBERAL UNREASON ; 3. Cutting off the Worst: Voluntary Sterilisation in Britain in the 1930s ; 4. The Gravest Menace?: Immigration Policy ; PART 3. LIBERAL AMELIORATION AND COLLECTIVISM ; 5. Reconditioning the Unemployed: the Labour Camps in Britain ; 6. This Kind of Work Must Go On: The US Civilian Conservation Corps ; PART 4. THE LIBERAL COERCIVE CONTRACT ; 7. Aroused Like One From Sleep: From New Poor Law to Workfare in Britain ; 8. A Second Chance, Not a Way of Life: Welfare as Workfare in the US ; PART 5. CONCLUSION ; 9. The Future of Social Citizenship
Les mer
...fascinating and timely new book - Robert Taylor. The Spectator. 20/March/1999 `With characteristic thoroughness, Desmond King probes how and why liberal democracies periodically pursue illiberal policies... With illiberal propensities so deeply nested within entrenched liberal democracies such as Britain and the United States, this study sends the timely message that illiberal social policy will be an integral part of our future... The racial sensitivity of this analysis... deserves applause... Overall, In the Name of Liberalism is an eloquently written, conceptually innovative and empirically rich inquiry. It is unusual to find such a study worthy of praise on so many fronts, yet this valuable investigation deserves to attract widespread interest within and beyond the scholarly community.' Fiona Ross, Social Policy Vo.29 No.2 `Richly researched and suggestive new book... its case studies,,, make vivid the complex of interests and opinions that have gone into the formation of public policy in twentieth-century liberal democracy.' Peter Berkowitz, TLS 25/08/2000
Les mer
Topical and controversial issue Unique and original research published for the first time
Desmond King is a Professor of Politics and a Fellow of St John's College, Oxford.
Topical and controversial issue Unique and original research published for the first time

Produktdetaljer

ISBN
9780198296096
Publisert
1999
Utgiver
Vendor
Oxford University Press
Vekt
664 gr
Høyde
241 mm
Bredde
163 mm
Dybde
24 mm
Aldersnivå
P, 06
Språk
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Innbundet
Antall sider
354

Forfatter
King Desmond

Biographical note

Desmond King is a Professor of Politics and a Fellow of St John's College, Oxford.

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