Political ideas in modern Britain : in and after the twentieth century / Rodney Barker.

Includes bibliographical references (pages [304]-342) and index.

1. Two introductions. Introduction 1996. Introduction 1978 -- 2. Friends of the modern state -- 3. Pleas for liberty -- 4. Neither state nor individual: the defence of communal and group politics -- 5. The pale of the constitution: the idea of citizenship -- 6. Accommodations to the modern state: political ideas in the second quarter of the twentieth century -- 7. Arrivals and departures: political ideas in the third quarter of the twentieth century -- 8. The death of conservatism and the dispersal of liberalism -- 9. The death of socialism and the rise of the left -- 10. Definitions and doormats: the rise of feminism -- 11. Conclusion.

Rodney Barker's Political Ideas in Modern Britain: In and After the Twentieth Century is a provocative and stimulating guide to political thinking in the United Kingdom since the 1880s. Spanning the development of political thought from Morris to market socialism, from communism to communitarianism, from fascism to feminism, this study shows how contemporary political thinking is both rooted in traditional political thought and a radical transformation of it.

Whether the future is liberal, communitarian, pluralist or simply uncertain, this fully revised and extended edition of Rodney Barker's bestselling textbook is an essential guide to the changing intellectual landscape of political thinking.