This text examines the ideas and arguments produced by the intellectual traditions of conservatism and classical liberalism which have set much of the political agenda in Europe and the USA since the mid-1970s. Covering the ideas of many such distinguished thinkers as Hayek, Scruton, Friedman and Buchanan, the volume provides a survey of the historical development of both schools of thought in all of the major Western countries and their contributions to contemporary debates.
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"The British editors . . . employ 11 contributors from both sides of the Atlantic and do a good job of explaining and economizing for the busy reader oftentimes complex ideas." -- The Freeman
"This book belongs on the shelf of every conservative or libertarian policymaker and should be useful to their intellectual adversaries as well." -- Terra Nova
"This book belongs on the shelf of every conservative or libertarian policymaker and should be useful to their intellectual adversaries as well." -- Terra Nova
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Nigel Ashford is Senior Lecturer in Politics at Staffordshire Polytechnic. Stephen Davies is Senior Lecturer in English and History at Manchester Polytechnic.
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Belongs on the shelf of every conservative intellectual,
By Rick Sincere (arlresgrp@aol.com) (Arlington, Virginia) - See all my reviews
This review is from: A Dictionary of Conservative and Libertarian Thought (Library Binding)
Although 50 years ago some wag might have said the phrase "conservative and libertarian thought" is a redundant oxymoron, much has changed. Among other things, William Buckley founded National Review in the United States (1955), creating a respectable forum for conservative thought and an umbrella for disparate strands of political philosophy -- classical liberal, Southern agrarian, Straussian -- to come together for dialogue. Politically, the campaigns of Barry Goldwater (1964) and Ronald Reagan (1976-80-84) energized young conservatives and the premiership of Margaret Thatcher (1979 to 1990) overthrew a half-century of collectivism. Simultaneously, libertarian thinkers were awarded the Nobel Prize in Economics (Friedman, Hayek, Buchanan, Coase, Becker) and the Soviet system collapsed. Ashford and Davies have collected short articles into what is more properly termed an encyclopedia than a dictionary, with entries on a wide range of topics, including The Enlightenment, Race, Sociology, Utopianism, and Welfare. A list of thinkers appended to the text also provides a bibliographic reference. This book belongs on the shelf of every conservative or libertarian policymaker and should be useful to their intellectual adversaries as well.
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