T. Ball – The Cambridge History of 20th Century Political Thought

Автор: T. Ball
Название книги: The Cambridge History of 20th Century Political Thought
Формат: PDF
Жанр: Политология и Социология
Страницы: 747
Качество: Изначально компьютерное, E-book

This major work of academic reference provides a comprehensive overview of the development of political thought from the late nineteenth to the end of the twentieth century. Written by a distinguished team of international contributors, this Cambridge History covers the rise of the welfare state and subsequent reactions to it, the fascist and communist critiques of and attempted alternatives to liberal democracy, the novel forms of political organization occasioned by the rise of the mass electorate and new social movements, the various intellectual traditions from positivism to post-modernism that have shaped the study of politics, the interaction between western and non-western traditions of political thought, and the challenge possed to the state by globalization. Every major theme in twentieth-century political thought is covered in a series of chapters at once scholarly and accessible, of interest and relevance to students and scholars of politics at all levels from beginning undergraduate upwards.

This is the capstone volume in the now-monumental Cambridge Histories
of Political Thought. Conceived and planned in 1993, the present volume
has been a long time in the making. Our greatest debts are of course owed to
our contributors, whose patience is as great as this book is long. Many must
have wondered if it would ever appear at all. We are scarcely less indebted
to Richard Fisher, our editor at the Cambridge University Press, who first
approached us about editing this volume, and later prodded and cajoled us
even as we prodded and cajoled our contributors. That we are all still on
speaking terms attests to our shared and strong sense of civility and mutual
respect.
We owe a great deal to Ciar´an O’Kelly for able assistance in the final
stages of revising and editing the present volume, to the external readers who
commented on various chapters, to Frances Nugent for conscientious copyediting
and to Judith Ball for preparing the index and, with assistance from
Michelle Tolman, correcting page proofs. Finally, though not least, each of
the editors wishes to thank the other for the pleasure of the collaboration.
Terence Ball and Richard Bellamy