Modern Pluralism - Anglo-American Debates Since 1880

The first history of one of the most important intellectual movements of the modern era.

List of contents

1. A history of modern pluralism Mark Bevir; 2. From liberal constitutionalism to pluralism Jacob T. Levy; 3. Guild socialism Marc Stears; 4. Pluralism and method at the turn of the century Avigail Eisenberg; 5. Value pluralism in twentieth-century Anglo-American thought Jan-Werner Müller; 6. Corporatism and its discontents: pluralism, anti-pluralism and Anglo-American industrial relations, c.1930-80 Ben Jackson; 7. The rise and fall of the democratic dogma and the emergence of empirical democratic theory John G. Gunnell; 8. Liberalism, pluralism, multiculturalism: contemporary debates Ruth Abbey; 9. The revival of radical pluralism: associationism and difference Mark Bevir and Toby Reiner; 10. Beyond pluralism? Corporatism, globalization, and the dilemmas of democratic governance Robert Adcock and Mark Vail.

About the author

Mark Bevir is a Professor of Political Science at the University of California, Berkeley. His publications include The Making of British Socialism (2011), Democratic Governance (2010) and Markets in Historical Contexts: Ideas and Politics in the Modern World edited with Frank Trentmann (2004, 2007).

Summary

Pluralism is among the most vital intellectual movements of the modern era. This book provides the first history of twentieth-century pluralist thinking. It explores liberal, socialist and empirical ideas about diversity, showing how pluralists challenged homogenous nations and sovereign states, often promoting sub-national groups as potential sites of self-government.

Product details

• Authors: Mark (University of California Bevir
• Assisted by: Mark Bevir (Editor), Mark (University of California Bevir (Editor), Bevir Mark (Editor)
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 31.03.2018
• EAN: 9781108454087
• ISBN: 978-1-108-45408-7
• No. of pages: 263
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Philosophy > General, dictionaries; Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political education; PHILOSOPHY / Social, PHILOSOPHY / Political, PHILOSOPHY / History & Surveys / Modern, POLITICAL SCIENCE / History & Theory, Social & political philosophy, Political science & theory, social and political philosophy, Western philosophy from c 1800, Political science and theory, Western Philosophy, From C 1900 -