Author: Harold J. Laski
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 131758659X
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 246
Book Description
An excellent and entertaining essayist, Laski’s volume deals with the issues of politics and law in Europe and American during the 1920s and 30s. It is unified by the concpetion of democracy as a society of equals sharing in a common good.
The Danger of Being a Gentleman (Works of Harold J. Laski)
Author: Harold J. Laski
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 131758659X
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 246
Book Description
An excellent and entertaining essayist, Laski’s volume deals with the issues of politics and law in Europe and American during the 1920s and 30s. It is unified by the concpetion of democracy as a society of equals sharing in a common good.
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 131758659X
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 246
Book Description
An excellent and entertaining essayist, Laski’s volume deals with the issues of politics and law in Europe and American during the 1920s and 30s. It is unified by the concpetion of democracy as a society of equals sharing in a common good.
The Danger of Being a Gentleman, and Other Essays
Author: Harold Joseph Laski
Publisher: Books for Libraries
ISBN:
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 280
Book Description
Publisher: Books for Libraries
ISBN:
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 280
Book Description
The Works of Harold J. Laski
Author: Harold Laski
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1317587014
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 5735
Book Description
This set comprises works spanning Laski's career as a political thinker and the volumes re-issued here examine the questions of how government might be made more open and accountable and how the broad-based properity necessary to democracy might be assured. These remain central questions for both established and emerging democracies. Studies in the Problem of Sovereignty (1917), Authority in the Modern State (1919), and The Foundations of Sovereignty (1921) are all works which expand Laski's pluralist doctrine of the State; a theory then applied in modified form in A Grammar of Politics (1925). Communism (1927) argues against the concept of a Western Communist revolution. Democracy in Crisis (1933) and the more optimistic Reflections on the Constitution (1951) result from the defeat of Labour in 1931 and the onset of the Slump, at which point Laski rejected pluralism in favour of Marxist theory. Reflections on the Revolution of Our Time (1949) predicts a "revolution by consent" arising from the common war-effort. Also included are An Introduction to Politics (1931), The Rise of European Liberalism (1936) Parliamentary Government in England (1938), The Danger of Being a Gentleman (1939), Programme for Victory (1941), The Strategy of Freedom (1942) and The Dilemma of Our Times (1952).
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1317587014
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 5735
Book Description
This set comprises works spanning Laski's career as a political thinker and the volumes re-issued here examine the questions of how government might be made more open and accountable and how the broad-based properity necessary to democracy might be assured. These remain central questions for both established and emerging democracies. Studies in the Problem of Sovereignty (1917), Authority in the Modern State (1919), and The Foundations of Sovereignty (1921) are all works which expand Laski's pluralist doctrine of the State; a theory then applied in modified form in A Grammar of Politics (1925). Communism (1927) argues against the concept of a Western Communist revolution. Democracy in Crisis (1933) and the more optimistic Reflections on the Constitution (1951) result from the defeat of Labour in 1931 and the onset of the Slump, at which point Laski rejected pluralism in favour of Marxist theory. Reflections on the Revolution of Our Time (1949) predicts a "revolution by consent" arising from the common war-effort. Also included are An Introduction to Politics (1931), The Rise of European Liberalism (1936) Parliamentary Government in England (1938), The Danger of Being a Gentleman (1939), Programme for Victory (1941), The Strategy of Freedom (1942) and The Dilemma of Our Times (1952).
The State in Theory and Practice
Author: Harold Laski
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1351473433
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 334
Book Description
This timeless classic by Harold J. Laski explains the nature of the modern state by examining its characteristics, as revealed by its history. The State in Theory and Practice is a work that grows in significance, rather than dwindles over time. This is because, as Sidney A. Pearson, Jr. points out, Laski helped develop and expound the foundational arguments of the political left.After the collapse of the Soviet Union, even on the hard left, few people thought of Marxism, at least in its classical formulation by Laski in the 1930s, as a political alternative. Much of the interest in Laski seeks to separate the early Laski of pluralist parliamentary arguments from the later Laski of Marxism. Laski's appeal rests on subtle aspects of his science of politics that require a detailed examination before their full significance can be understood. The state is a work that operates at several layers of assumptions and implications.The significance of Laski starts with the observation that among many intellectuals on the left, the political critique of liberal democracy remains as influential after the collapse of the Soviet Union as it was when Laski wrote. The leftist critique of classical liberalism is one of the touchstones of modern political thought and Laski remains part of that tradition. Laski is one of the links between what might be called the ""old left"" of the pre-World War II era and the ""new left"" of the 1960's and later.
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1351473433
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 334
Book Description
This timeless classic by Harold J. Laski explains the nature of the modern state by examining its characteristics, as revealed by its history. The State in Theory and Practice is a work that grows in significance, rather than dwindles over time. This is because, as Sidney A. Pearson, Jr. points out, Laski helped develop and expound the foundational arguments of the political left.After the collapse of the Soviet Union, even on the hard left, few people thought of Marxism, at least in its classical formulation by Laski in the 1930s, as a political alternative. Much of the interest in Laski seeks to separate the early Laski of pluralist parliamentary arguments from the later Laski of Marxism. Laski's appeal rests on subtle aspects of his science of politics that require a detailed examination before their full significance can be understood. The state is a work that operates at several layers of assumptions and implications.The significance of Laski starts with the observation that among many intellectuals on the left, the political critique of liberal democracy remains as influential after the collapse of the Soviet Union as it was when Laski wrote. The leftist critique of classical liberalism is one of the touchstones of modern political thought and Laski remains part of that tradition. Laski is one of the links between what might be called the ""old left"" of the pre-World War II era and the ""new left"" of the 1960's and later.
Liberty in the Modern State
Author: Harold Joseph Laski
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Liberty
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Liberty
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Collected Works of Harold Laski: Studies in the problem of sovereignty
Author: Harold Joseph Laski
Publisher: Taylor & Francis US
ISBN: 9780415161190
Category : Political science
Languages : en
Pages : 340
Book Description
Publisher: Taylor & Francis US
ISBN: 9780415161190
Category : Political science
Languages : en
Pages : 340
Book Description
Trade Unions in the New Society
Author: Harold J. Laski
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1000431096
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 119
Book Description
First Published in 1950, Trade Unions in the New Society examines the changing significance of trade unionism and the place they occupy in the democratic world. Harold J. Laski contrasts their function in a capitalist or socialist society with what it became under Russian totalitarianism. This book explores the relation between trade unions and the public, trade unions and the law and trade unions and democracy to show the impact of developments such as mass production, social security and a planned economy on the position of the working man and considers the proper role of the government in disputes which may affect the basic public welfare. Most important of all, possibly, are Laski’s observations on the desirability of labour activity in organised politics. Trade Unions in the New Society will be of immense interest for scholars and researchers of politics, political economy, labour studies, and for all who are concerned with the future of democracy.
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1000431096
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 119
Book Description
First Published in 1950, Trade Unions in the New Society examines the changing significance of trade unionism and the place they occupy in the democratic world. Harold J. Laski contrasts their function in a capitalist or socialist society with what it became under Russian totalitarianism. This book explores the relation between trade unions and the public, trade unions and the law and trade unions and democracy to show the impact of developments such as mass production, social security and a planned economy on the position of the working man and considers the proper role of the government in disputes which may affect the basic public welfare. Most important of all, possibly, are Laski’s observations on the desirability of labour activity in organised politics. Trade Unions in the New Society will be of immense interest for scholars and researchers of politics, political economy, labour studies, and for all who are concerned with the future of democracy.
Authority in the Modern State
Author: Harold Joseph Laski
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Church and state
Languages : en
Pages : 414
Book Description
"This volume is some sort the sequel to a book on the problem of sovereignty which I published in March, 1917."--Preface.
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Church and state
Languages : en
Pages : 414
Book Description
"This volume is some sort the sequel to a book on the problem of sovereignty which I published in March, 1917."--Preface.
Harold Laski
Author: M. Newman
Publisher: Springer
ISBN: 0230376843
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 455
Book Description
Harold Laski (1893-1950) was perhaps the best known socialist intellectual of his era, with influence in the USA, India and mainland Europe as well as Britain. But he was always a controversial figure and his reputation has never recovered from the effort to discredit him that took place during the Cold War. This new biography argues that Laski has been misrepresented. It maintains that he dedicated his life to the quest for a just society, and that his thought remains highly relevant for our own times.
Publisher: Springer
ISBN: 0230376843
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 455
Book Description
Harold Laski (1893-1950) was perhaps the best known socialist intellectual of his era, with influence in the USA, India and mainland Europe as well as Britain. But he was always a controversial figure and his reputation has never recovered from the effort to discredit him that took place during the Cold War. This new biography argues that Laski has been misrepresented. It maintains that he dedicated his life to the quest for a just society, and that his thought remains highly relevant for our own times.
Democracy in Crisis (Works of Harold J. Laski)
Author: Harold J. Laski
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1317586670
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 227
Book Description
This volume is an expanded version of the Weil lectures given at the University of North Carolina in 1931 and is one of the two texts of Laski’s quasi Marxist period.
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1317586670
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 227
Book Description
This volume is an expanded version of the Weil lectures given at the University of North Carolina in 1931 and is one of the two texts of Laski’s quasi Marxist period.