{"product_id":"after-liberalism-9780691089829","title":"After Liberalism","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAnalyzes the slaying of nineteenth-century liberalism by the managerial state. This volume shows why it matters that the managerial state has replaced traditional liberalism: the new regimes of social engineers, he maintains, are elitists, and their rule is consensual only in the sense that it is unopposed by any widespread organized opposition.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"After Liberalism is no angry screed, but a dense, probing work full of insight from the author's seeming encyclopedic knowledge of Western thought.\"--World \"The central fact of the nineteenth century was the emergence of the working class. The central fact of the twentieth century is the emergence of a managerial \"New Class\" elite, reshaping all modern democracies in its own interest. Gottfried's is a gold-standard analysis of this extraordinary phenomenon, heavily encrusted with sparkling jewels of intellectual history.\"--Peter Brimelow, Senior Editor, Forbes Magazine \"Well-written, very learned, and informative.\"--Paul Seaton, Society\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIntroduction vii  CHAPTER ONE  In Search of a Liberal Essence 3  CHAPTER TWO  Liberalism vs. Democracy 30  CHAPTER THREE  Public Administration and Liberal Democracy 49  CHAPTER FOUR  Pluralism and Liberal Democracy 72  CHAPTER FIVE  Mass Democracy and the Populist Alternative 110  CONCLUSION 135  Notes 143  Index 177","brand":"Princeton University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48865517175127,"sku":"9780691089829","price":28.8,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780691089829.jpg?v=1722274349","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/after-liberalism-9780691089829","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}