Ideologies of Conservatism charts developments and changes in the nature of Conservative political thought and the meaning of Conservatism throughout the twentieth century. Ewen Green's penetrating study explores the Conservative mind from the Edwardian certainties of Balfour to the Thatcherite
Conservatism in Crisis?: Anglo-American Conservative Ideology after the Cold War
β Scribed by Bruce Pilbeam (auth.)
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan UK
- Year
- 2003
- Tongue
- English
- Leaves
- 237
- Category
- Library
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β¦ Table of Contents
Front Matter....Pages i-vii
Introduction: Understanding Conservatism after the Cold War....Pages 1-31
Rolling Back or Rolling Forward? The Role of the State in an Uncertain Age....Pages 32-57
Rediscovering the Little Platoons: Civil Society and Community....Pages 58-82
Fighting the Culture War....Pages 83-114
Embracing the Future: the New Economy, Globalization and the End of the Nation-State....Pages 115-141
The Postmodern Alternative....Pages 142-168
The Green Alternative....Pages 169-195
Conclusion....Pages 196-204
Back Matter....Pages 205-229
β¦ Subjects
Political Theory; Political Philosophy; Political Science; Political History
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