Englishness and the Study of Politics

'An analysis of the thought of one of the most wide-ranging and influential theorists of the 'English nation.' Ernest Barker

List of contents

Acknowledgements; Introduction; 1. Lancashire, Idealism and Whiggism: the making of an English political scientist; 2. The polis, law and the development of political studies at Oxford, 1900-20; 3. Society and the state in the English national past: the lure of Pluralism; 4. Statehood, nationhood, and internationalism: English political theory and the First World War; 5. Education and national character: the milieu of King's College London; 6. 'Continental' political science and the Cambridge Chair; 7. Traditions of civility: the construction of Englishness in the Second World War and beyond; 8. The expansion of Englishness: the Books Commission, Europe, and the Commonwealth; Conclusion. A late-Victorian liberal-conservative; Select Bibliography; Index.

Summary

The definition of 'Englishness' has become the subject of considerable debate, and in this important contribution to Ideas in Context, Julia Stapleton looks at the work of one of the most wide-ranging and influential theorists of the English nation, Ernest Barker.

Product details

• Authors: Julia Stapleton
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 17.11.2014
• EAN: 9780521461252
• ISBN: 978-0-521-46125-2
• No. of pages: 270
• Dimensions: 157 mm x 235 mm x 21 mm
• Weight: 593 g
• Series: Ideas in Context
• Subject: Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political education