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In The Name of Liberalism : Hardback : Oxford University Press : 9780198296096 : 0198296096 : 09 Dec 1999 : Why have contemporary British and North American governments adopted illiberal social policies ? Examining examples of such policies, the author argues that government accommodation of illiberal policies are a paradox of a liberal democratic framework and that there is a need to question further the internal workings of entrenched democracies.Read More

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    This book investigates examples of social policy in Britain and the United States that conflict with liberal democratic ideals. It examines the use of eugenic arguments in the 1920s and 1930s, the use of work camps in the 1930s, and the introduction of work-for-welfare programs since the 1980s. The author argues that government accommodation of illiberal policies are a paradox of a liberal democratic framework.

  • 0198296096
  • 9780198296096
  • Desmond King
  • 2 September 1999
  • OUP Oxford
  • Hardcover (Book)
  • 360
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