The Cambridge History of Twentieth-Century Political Thought [Hardcover]

A comprehensive overview of the development of political thought to the end of the twentieth century, first published in 2003.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, and is the concluding volume (chronologically) in the acclaimed Cambridge History of Political Thought series. Like its predecessors, this volume offers a state-of-the-art overview of current scholarship, written by a distinguished team of international experts. Every major theme in twentieth-century political thought is covered in a series of chapters of interest to students and scholars at all levels from beginning undergraduate upwards.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, and is the concluding volume (chronologically) in the acclaimed Cambridge History of Political Thought series. Like its predecessors, this volume offers a state-of-the-art overview of current scholarship, written by a distinguished team of international experts. Every major theme in twentieth-century political thought is covered in a series of chapters of interest to students and scholars at all levels from beginning undergraduate upwards.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,lCÈ