Political Discipline in a Free Society

Political Discipline in a Free Society
Author: H. J. Blackham
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 276
Release: 2013-04-15
Genre: Political Science
ISBN: 1135026092

This book traces the rise and fall of political philosophies since the 17th century. The second part of the book shows how the general technique of cumulative learning from experience applies to social legislation and social services, party politics to defence strategy and to the trends that follow the modern explosion of knowledge and capital. The main argument is that social control is at its best a deliberate joint creation of and learning from social experience; and in this sense political discipline although not the same as logical or scientific discipline is like them a submission to form, not force. The book gives a definite meaning to the idea of human progress and finds reason for a restoration of political hope and faith.

Political Discipline in a Free Society

Political Discipline in a Free Society
Author: H. J. Blackham
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 283
Release: 2013-04-15
Genre: Political Science
ISBN: 1135026106

This book traces the rise and fall of political philosophies since the 17th century. The second part of the book shows how the general technique of cumulative learning from experience applies to social legislation and social services, party politics to defence strategy and to the trends that follow the modern explosion of knowledge and capital. The main argument is that social control is at its best a deliberate joint creation of and learning from social experience; and in this sense political discipline although not the same as logical or scientific discipline is like them a submission to form, not force. The book gives a definite meaning to the idea of human progress and finds reason for a restoration of political hope and faith.

The Oxford Handbook of Political Science

The Oxford Handbook of Political Science
Author: Robert E. Goodin
Publisher: OUP Oxford
Total Pages: 1558
Release: 2011-07-07
Genre: Political Science
ISBN: 0191619795

Drawing on the rich resources of the ten-volume series of The Oxford Handbooks of Political Science, this one-volume distillation provides a comprehensive overview of all the main branches of contemporary political science: political theory; political institutions; political behavior; comparative politics; international relations; political economy; law and politics; public policy; contextual political analysis; and political methodology. Sixty-seven of the top political scientists worldwide survey recent developments in those fields and provide penetrating introductions to exciting new fields of study. Following in the footsteps of the New Handbook of Political Science edited by Robert Goodin and Hans-Dieter Klingemann a decade before, this Oxford Handbook will become an indispensable guide to the scope and methods of political science as a whole. It will serve as the reference book of record for political scientists and for those following their work for years to come.

The Foundations of a Free Society

The Foundations of a Free Society
Author: Andrew R. Cecil
Publisher: University of Texas Press
Total Pages: 200
Release: 1983
Genre: Philosophy
ISBN:

Supplement to the Andrew R. Cecil Lectures on Moral Values in a Free Society.

Michael Oakeshott Selected Writings Collection

Michael Oakeshott Selected Writings Collection
Author: Michael Oakeshott
Publisher: Andrews UK Limited
Total Pages: 3341
Release: 2014-08-26
Genre: Political Science
ISBN: 1845407822

A collection of 6 volumes of Oakeshott's work: Notebooks, 1922-86, Early Political Writings 1925-30, The Concept of a Philosophical Jurisprudence, Vocabulary of a Modern European State, Lectures in the History of Political Thought, and What is History?

The Vocabulary of a Modern European State

The Vocabulary of a Modern European State
Author: Michael Oakeshott
Publisher: Andrews UK Limited
Total Pages: 392
Release: 2011-10-27
Genre: Philosophy
ISBN: 184540226X

The Vocabulary of a Modern European State is the companion volume to The Concept of a Philosophical Jurisprudence and completes the enterprise of gathering together Oakeshott's previously scattered essays and reviews. As with all the other volumes in the series it contains an entirely new editorial introduction explaining how the writings it contains find their place in his work as a whole. It covers the years 1952 to 1988, the period during which Oakeshott wrote his definitive work, On Human Conduct. The essay from which the volume takes its title was intended as a companion piece to the third part of the latter work, and is just one of over sixty pieces that it includes. The volume draws together critical responses to works by major philosophers, historians, and political theorists of his own generation such as Bertrand de Jouvenel, Herbert Marcuse, and Michael Polanyi as well as to some major figures of current scholarship such as Quentin Skinner and Roger Scruton.