The Cambridge History of Twentieth-Century Political Thought

This major work of academic reference provides a comprehensive overview of the development of political thought from the late nineteenth to the end of the twentieth century. Written by a distinguished team of international contributors, this Cambridge History covers the rise of the welfare state and subsequent reactions to it, the fascist and communist critiques of and attempted alternatives to liberal democracy, the novel forms of political organization occasioned by the rise of the mass electorate and new social movements, the various intellectual traditions from positivism to post-modernism that have shaped the study of politics, the interaction between western and non-western traditions of political thought, and the challenge possed to the state by globalization. Every major theme in twentieth-century political thought is covered in a series of chapters at once scholarly and accessible, of interest and relevance to students and scholars of politics at all levels from beginning undergraduate upwards.

Author: Terence Ball
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: 09/15/2003
Pages: 768
Binding Type: Hardcover
Weight: 2.63lbs
Size: 9.40h x 6.16w x 1.69d
ISBN: 9780521563543

Review Citation(s):
Booklist 08/01/2003 pg. 2011
Choice 05/01/2004 pg. 1640

About the Author
Ball, Terence: - Terence Ball is Professor of Political Science at Arizona State University. He taught for many years at the University of Minnesota, and has held visiting professorships at the Universities of Oxford and California, San Diego. Professor Ball has edited the political writings of James Mill and The Federalist for the Cambridge Texts series, co-edited (with Joyce Appleby) Thomas Jefferson for the same series, and his own books include Transforming Political Discourse, Reappraising Political Theory and Rousseau's Ghost: A Novel, in addition to numerous co-edited works.Bellamy, Richard: - Richard Bellamy is Professor of Political Science at University College London.

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