Liberalism Books - Page 23

Liberalism, Constitutionalism, and Democracy

Russell Hardin

Amazon Price: $55.00 List Price: $55.00 Usually ships in 24 hours By: Oxford University Press, USA Amazon Marketplace: 22 new & used starting at $19.95

Buy at Amazon.com

Browse similar items by category:
Subjects -> Nonfiction -> Government -> Constitutions
Subjects -> Nonfiction -> Politics -> History & Theory
Subjects -> Nonfiction -> Politics -> General

Editorial Review:

This groundbreaking book develops a new theory of constitutional democracy. Leading political philosopher Russell Hardin shows how social coordination rather than mutual advantage lies at the heart of liberal constitutionalism.

On Liberty and Liberalism: The Case of John Stuart Mill

Gertrude Himmelfarb

List Price: $19.95 By: ICS Press Amazon Marketplace: 8 new & used starting at $16.50

Buy at Amazon.com

Browse similar items by category:
Subjects -> History -> General AAS
Subjects -> Nonfiction -> Philosophy -> General
Subjects -> Nonfiction -> Philosophy -> General AAS

Customer Reviews:
Total reviews: 4 Average rating: 3.0 of 5

The Amazing Professor Himmelfarb Does It Again! 5 out of 5 stars.
14 of 20 people found this review helpful.

Yet another example of thorough and enlivened scholarship from this great historian! Professor Himmelfarb provides salient clues on the apparent dichotomy in Mill's thought, particularly in those areas of personal liberty and responsibility. Mill's abdication to his wife's opinions appears to be (unfortunately, in this case) the primary cause of the disconnect between the philosophy in most of Mill's work compared to that in his magnum opus, On Liberty. The supporting references on Mrs. Mill's impact are numerous and irrefutable, particularly Mill's own correspondence. This book is indispensible for those interested in Mill and his influence on Anglo/American thought.

conservative ideology 1 out of 5 stars.
6 of 19 people found this review helpful.

Himmelfarb is a conservative ideologue who is extremely unsympathetic to Mill's liberalism, which she seems to view as the root of all cultural evil in modern America. Her thesis that there are "two Mills" (one a classical liberal, the other -- inconsistent with the first -- a radical feminist/socialist controlled by his wife) has been thoroughly discredited in the academic literature. It is simply a product of Himmelfarb's own confusions. The book is so misleading as to be worthless.

Against Goliath

David Steel

By: Pan Books Amazon Marketplace: 6 new & used starting at $8.70

Buy at Amazon.com

Browse similar items by category:
Subjects -> Biographies & Memoirs -> General
Subjects -> Biographies & Memoirs -> General AAS
Subjects -> Nonfiction -> Politics -> General

Perfectionism and Neutrality: Essays in Liberal Theory

George Klosko

Amazon Price: $34.95 List Price: $34.95 Usually ships in 1 to 3 weeks By: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, Inc. Amazon Marketplace: 12 new & used starting at $30.95

Buy at Amazon.com

Browse similar items by category:
Subjects -> Nonfiction -> Philosophy -> Political
Subjects -> Nonfiction -> Philosophy -> General AAS
Subjects -> Nonfiction -> Politics -> History & Theory

Editorial Review:

Editors provide a substantive introduction to the history and theories of perfectionism and neutrality, expertly contextualizing the essays and making the collection accessible.

Rethinking Liberal Equality: From a "Utopian" Point of View

Andrew Levine

Amazon Price: $42.50 List Price: $42.50 Usually ships in 24 hours By: Cornell University Press Amazon Marketplace: 18 new & used starting at $8.97

Buy at Amazon.com

Browse similar items by category:
Subjects -> Nonfiction -> Current Events -> Civil Rights & Liberties
Subjects -> Nonfiction -> Philosophy -> Political
Subjects -> Nonfiction -> Politics -> General

Customer Reviews:
Total reviews: 1 Average rating: 5.0 of 5

Editorial Review:

For more than a quarter century, academic political philosophy has been dominated by strains of liberal theory shaped decisively by John Rawls's seminal investigations of distributive justice and political legitimacy. By intervening sympathetically but critically into several ongoing debates initiated by Rawls's work, Andrew Levine suggests the possibility of a supra-liberal egalitarian political philosophy that incorporates the insights of recent developments in liberal theory, while reinvigorating the political vision of the historical Left. Taking current discussions about justice, equality and political neutrality as his points of departure, Levine suggests the need to rethink mainstream liberal understandings of equality and related notions. The rethinking he proposes lends support, ultimately, for a vision of ideal social and political arrangements of a kind intimated, though only barely sketched, in the work of Rousseau and Marx--a vision that, not long ago, was widely endorsed, but that nowadays is almost everywhere regarded as hopelessly utopian.

In marked opposition to the reigning consensus view, Levine argues that, after compelling liberal concerns are taken into consideration, the vision of ideal social and political arrangements which motivated generations of progressive thinkers and political actors is anything but utopian and remains as timely today as it ever was. This vision, Levine insists, is indispensable for curing contemporary liberalism of its tendency to acquiesce in a status quo that is ultimately at odds with democratic, egalitarian and even liberal values.

Neoliberalism and Migration: An Inquiry into the Politics of Globalization (Politics, Society and Community in a Globalizing World)

Sabine Dreher

List Price: $39.95 By: Lit Verlag Amazon Marketplace: 4 new & used starting at $35.99

Buy at Amazon.com

Browse similar items by category:
Subjects -> Law -> Administrative Law -> Emigration & Immigration
Subjects -> Nonfiction -> Politics -> General
Subjects -> Nonfiction -> Politics -> General AAS

The Tragedy of Liberalism: An Alternative Defense of a Political Tradition (S U N Y Series in Social and Political Thought)

Bert Van Den Brink, Bert Van Den Brink

Amazon Price: $23.50 List Price: $23.50 Usually ships in 24 hours By: State University of New York Press Amazon Marketplace: 10 new & used starting at $19.49

Buy at Amazon.com

Browse similar items by category:
Subjects -> Nonfiction -> Philosophy -> Political
Subjects -> Nonfiction -> Politics -> History & Theory
Subjects -> Nonfiction -> Politics -> General

Editorial Review:

A defense of liberalism, understood as a perfectionist doctrine that presupposes an ideal but controversial notion of human well-being.

Drawing on recent developments in liberal theory, Bert van den Brink develops an alternative defense of liberalism. He argues that liberal theorists should admit that their doctrine is not neutral with regard to conceptions of the good life--that it in fact fosters ideals of personal autonomy and a pluralist environment. These ideals generate irreconcilable, tragic conflicts between liberal and nonliberal ideals, and it is only by taking these conflicts seriously that liberals can learn of the unwanted consequences of liberal doctrine, effectively rebut critics, and react adequately to the complex pluralism of contemporary societies.

Liberal Virtues: Citizenship, Virtue, and Community in Liberal Constitutionalism (Clarendon Paperbacks)

Stephen Macedo

List Price: $19.95 By: Oxford University Press, USA Amazon Marketplace: 8 new & used starting at $42.97

Buy at Amazon.com

Browse similar items by category:
Subjects -> Law -> Constitutional Law -> General
Subjects -> Law -> Constitutional Law -> General AAS
Subjects -> Law -> Procedures & Litigation -> Civil Procedure

Editorial Review:

Liberal democracy is often defended because it secures freedom, order, and prosperity. Without slighting these solid achievements, this book responds to those who worry that the theory and practice of free self-government neglect the importance of community and citizen virtue. Macedo offers a critical interpretation and original defense of the great tradition of individual freedom associated with John Locke and the founders of the American republic. He defends a theory of public justification, and explains how the legal and political institutions of liberal democracy embody a collective commitment to reasonableness. He concludes with the types of personalities and societies associated with life in a pluralistic, open, and tolerant liberal society.

Future of the Disabled in Liberal Society: An Ethical Analysis (Revisions)

Hans S. Reinders

List Price: $35.00 By: University of Notre Dame Press Amazon Marketplace: 5 new & used starting at $76.71

Buy at Amazon.com

Browse similar items by category:
Subjects -> Health, Mind & Body -> Disorders & Diseases -> Physical Impairments
Subjects -> Law -> Specialties -> Disability
Subjects -> Nonfiction -> Philosophy -> Ethics & Morality

Customer Reviews:
Total reviews: 1 Average rating: 4.0 of 5

Editorial Review:

"The Future of the Disabled in Liberal Society" questions developments in human genetic research from the perspective of persons with mental disabilities and their families. Hans S. Reinders argues that when we use terms such as "disease" and "defect" to describe conditions that genetic engineering might well eliminate, we may also be assuming that disabled lives are deplorable and horrific. Reinders points out that the possibility of preventing disabled lives is at odds with our commitments to the full inclusion of disabled citizens in society. The tension between these different perspectives is of concern to all of us as genetic testing procedures proliferate. Reinders warns that preventative uses of human genetics might even become a threat to the social security and welfare benefits that help support disabled persons and their families. Reinders also argues that this conflict cannot be resolved or controlled on the level of public morality. Because a liberal society makes a commitment to individual freedom and choice, its members can consider the diagnostic and therapeutic uses of human genetics as options available to individual citizens. A liberal society will defend reproductive freedom as a matter of principle. Citizens may select their offspring in accord with their own personal values. Reinders concludes that the future of the mentally disabled in liberal society will depend on the strength of our moral convictions about the value of human life, rather than on the protective force of liberal morality. This powerful critique of contemporary bioethics is sure to become required reading for those interested in human development, special education, ethics, philosophy and theology.

The Rise and Fall of Liberal Government in Victorian Britain

Jonathan Parry

Amazon Price: $65.00 List Price: $65.00 Usually ships in 24 hours By: Yale University Press Amazon Marketplace: 10 new & used starting at $22.42

Buy at Amazon.com

Browse similar items by category:
Subjects -> History -> Europe -> England -> 19th Century
Subjects -> History -> Europe -> England -> General
Subjects -> History -> Europe -> England -> General AAS

Editorial Review:

This enlightening book presents the first modern overview of British Liberalism during the period from 1830 to 1886 when it was the dominant political force. Focusing on the strategies of successive Liberal leaders from Grey to Gladstone and Hartington, Jonathan Parry finds that Liberalism tried to maintain the rule of a propertied but socially diverse, rational, and civilized elite, and that it was a much more coherent political force than has generally been recognized.