{"product_id":"the-progressive-tradition-9781444349931","title":"The Progressive Tradition","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis volume, marking the eightieth anniversary of the journal \u003ci\u003eThe\u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003ePolitical Quarterly\u003c\/i\u003e, contains a selection of articles from eight decades of progressive writing and provides both a fascinating window on the past and a stimulus to thought and action in the present.  \u003cul\u003e \u003cli\u003e \u003cdiv\u003eAfree-thinking platform for the leading voices of the progressive tradition in British politics\u003c\/div\u003e \u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003e \u003cdiv\u003eSpans eight decades of progressive writing from voices which still have something to say to us now\u003c\/div\u003e \u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003e \u003cdiv\u003eAims to bridge the divide between thought and action and to provide an intellectual foundation for practical reform and for progressive politics\u003c\/div\u003e \u003c\/li\u003e \u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eNotes on Contributors.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Preface (Andrew Gamble and Tony Wright).\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e 1. The Founding of The Political Quarterly (William Robson).\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e 2. The Dilemma of Modern Socialism (J. M. Keynes).\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e 3. The Choice before the Labour Party (R. H. Tawney). \u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e 4. Economics in the Modern World (G. D. H. Cole). \u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e 5. Utopia and Reality (Leonard Woolf). \u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e 6. Notes on the Anglo-Saxon Character (Kingsley Martin). \u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e 7. A Plague on All Your Isms (Barbara Wootton). \u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e 8. The Economic Aims of the Labour Party (Hugh Gaitskell). \u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e 9. The Future of British Politics: an American View (Samuel H. Beer).\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e 10. Parties, Pressure Groups and the British Political Process (R. T. McKenzie). \u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e 11. Democracy and Ideology (Bernard Williams). \u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e 12. The Woman's Vote: What Has it Achieved? (Margaret Cole). \u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e 13. The Reform of Government (William A. Robson). \u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e 14. Socialism or Social Democracy? The Choice for the Labour Party (John P. Mackintosh). \u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e 15. The Character of a Moderate (Socialist) (Bernard Crick). \u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e 16. Democracy in the Age of Science (Anthony Wedgwood Benn). \u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e 17. Beyond Social Democracy (David Marquand). \u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e 18. Representative Democracy and Its Limits (Paul Hirst).\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e 19. The Future of Political Biography (Ben Pimlott). \u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e 20. Modern Conservatism (David Willetts). \u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e 21. Britain in the European Union: A Way Forward (Shirley Williams). \u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e 22. Defining British National Identity (Bhikhu Parekh). \u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e 23. State and Market: Towards a Public Interest Test (Gordon Brown). \u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e 24. A Sovietological View of Modern Britain (Ron Amann). \u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e 25. What Will Follow the Demise of Privatised Keynesianism? (Colin Crouch). \u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Index.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e","brand":"John Wiley and Sons Ltd","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49408394789207,"sku":"9781444349931","price":17.09,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781444349931.jpg?v=1730502743","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/the-progressive-tradition-9781444349931","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}