{"product_id":"the-political-theory-of-liberal-socialism-9781032647234","title":"The Political Theory of Liberal Socialism","description":"\u003cp\u003eMcManus presents a comprehensive guide to the liberal socialist tradition, stretching from Mary Wollstonecraft and Thomas Paine through John Stuart Mill to Irving Howe, John Rawls, and Charles Mills.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eProviding a comprehensive critical genealogy of liberal socialism from a sympathetic but critical standpoint, McManus traces its core to the Revolutionary period that catalyzed major divisions in liberal political theory to the French Revolution that saw the emergence of writers like Mary Wollstonecraft and Thomas Paine who argued that liberal principles could only be inadequately instantiated in a society with high levels of material and social inequality to John Stuart Mill, the first major thinker who declared himself a liberal and a socialist and who made major contributions to both traditions through his efforts to synthesize and conciliate them. McManus argues for liberal socialism as a political theory which could truly secure equality and liberty for all.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAn essential book on the tradition of liberal socialism for students, researchers, and scholars of political science and humanities.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eMatthew McManus \u003c\/b\u003eis a lecturer in Political Science at the University of Michigan, USA. He is the author of \u003cem\u003eThe Political Right and Equality\u003c\/em\u003e (Routledge) and \u003cem\u003eA Critical Legal Examination of Liberalism and Liberal Rights\u003c\/em\u003e among other books.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Routledge","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50916367630610,"sku":"9781032647234","price":52.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_84c1a33f-9ba7-49d4-9c20-68710d702b73.jpg?v=1738848009","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/the-political-theory-of-liberal-socialism-9781032647234","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}