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IN THE NAME OF LIBERALISM
ILLIBERAL SOCIAL POLICY IN THE UNITED STATES AND BRITAIN |
| By: |
Desmond King |
| Format: |
Hardback |
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£112.50 |
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| ISBN 10: |
0198296096 |
| ISBN 13: |
9780198296096 |
| Publisher: |
OXFORD UNIVERSITY PRESS |
| Pub. date: |
2 September, 1999 |
| Pages: |
354 |
| Description: |
Why have British and North American governments adopted illiberal social policies during this century? In the Name of Liberalism looks at this question by examining examples of illiberal policies by the British and US governments this century. 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 entrencheddemocracies. |
| Synopsis: |
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. |
| Publication: |
UK |
| Imprint: |
Oxford University Press |
| Returns: |
Non-returnable |
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