ABSTRACT

First Published in 2004. This study of the British Political Tradition will be complete in four volumes of which The Ideological Heritage is the second. This is an attempt to show how the basic tension between libertarianism and collectivism is reflected in arguments of state; how our three main political doctrines have both stimulated and reacted to the growth of government intervention and the proliferation of public agency; and how they have dealt with the problems of individual liberty involved.

part |15 pages

The Range of Ideas

chapter |13 pages

Doctrine and Interpretation

part |169 pages

The Ambivalence of Liberalism

part |160 pages

Conservatism and its Modes

chapter |7 pages

Conservatism

The Twin Inheritance

chapter |46 pages

The Libertarian Strand

chapter |38 pages

Decline and Renewal

part |193 pages

The Duality of Socialism

chapter |10 pages

Socialism

Character and Sources

chapter |53 pages

The Fabian Model

chapter |52 pages

Socialism and Freedom

chapter |76 pages

Socialism and the Great Leviathan

Later Phases