Progressives, Pluralists, And The Problems Of The State: Ideologies Of Reform In The United States And Britain, 1906-1926

In The First Three Decades Of The Twentieth Century, Two Groups Of Radical Political Theorists - One American And One British - Were Bound Together In A Unique Ideological Relationship. Progressives, Pluralists, And The Programs Of The State Provides The First Comprehensive Examination Of The Intellectual Dialogue That Constituted That Bond. Drawing On Extensive Original Archival Research And Employing Conceptual, Institutional, And Historical Analysis, The Book Examines The Efforts Of These Two Initially Distinctive Political Movements To Forge A Single Ideology Capable Of Motivating Far-reaching Reform In Both Of Their Countries. In So Doing It Challenges Traditional Narratives Emphasizing The Exceptional Development Of American Progressivism And British Socialism, Arguing Instead That The Intellectual Aspirations And Political Programmes Of Both Were Constantly Shaped And Reshaped By International Ideological Exchange. Such An Analysis Transforms Our Understanding Of The Complex Political Demands Of The Movements And Enables The Works Of Their Leading Protagonists, Including G.d.h. Cole, Herbert Croly, Harold Laski, And Walter Lippmann, To Emerge As Rich And Sophisticated Contributions To Modern Political Thought.--jacket. I. Beginnings. 1. Conceptual Foundations. 2. Building The New Nationalism. 3. Socialist Pluralism -- Ii. Debate. 4. From Nationalism To Pluralism. 5. From Pluralism To Community -- Iii. Convergence. 6. Education As Politics. 7. The Politics Of Poverty. Marc Stears. Includes Bibliographical References (p. [276]-295) And Index.