Victorian Liberalism - Nineteenth-Century Political Thought and Practice

List of contents

Contributors 1. Introduction 2. The legacy of Adam Smith 3. Whigs and liberals 4. The origin of liberal utilitarianism 5. Bentham and the nineteenth-century revolution in government 6. J. S. Mill, liberalism, and progress 7. Herbert Spencer's liberalism – from social statics to social dynamics 8. T. H. Green and the morality of Victorian liberalism 9. Gladstonianism, the provinces, and popular political culture, 1860-1906 10. The new liberalism and its aftermath 11. From liberal radicalism to conservative corporatism Index

About the author

Edited by Richard Bellamy

Summary

First published in 1990, Victorian Liberalism brings together leading political theorists and historians in order to examine the interplay of theory and ideology in nineteenth-century liberal thought and practice.

Product details

• Authors: Richard Bellamy
• Assisted by: Richard Bellamy (Editor)
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 30.01.2024
• EAN: 9781032671567
• ISBN: 978-1-0-3267156-7
• No. of pages: 221
• Series: Routledge Revivals
• Subjects: Non-fiction book > Philosophy, religion > Miscellaneous; PHILOSOPHY / Social, PHILOSOPHY / Political, POLITICAL SCIENCE / History & Theory, c 1800 to c 1900, 19th century, c 1800 to c 1899, Social & political philosophy, Political science & theory, social and political philosophy, Political science and theory, Liberalism & centre democratic ideologies, Centrist democratic ideologies