Books in the Palgrave Studies in Classical Liberalism series

This book explores the neglected contribution of the American and English "psychological" school to economic theory, especially to the development and refinement of the Austrian school of economics.

First, to provide a critical legal examination of the liberal state and liberal rights in the law, and secondly, to present a systematic alternative to liberal approaches to both the law and rights, grounded in a left wing conception of human dignity.

This book offers a sustained and vigorous defence of free expression and objective enquiry situated in the context of the current culture wars.

After reprising their explanation and defense of natural rights, Rasmussen and Den Uyl explain metaphysical realism and defend it against neo-pragmatist objections.

This book considers the "three Ps" of liberty: pragmatism, pluralism, and polycentricity. These concepts enrich the complex tradition of classical liberal jurisprudence, providing workable solutions based on the decentralization, diffusion, and dispersal of power.

If a necessary link exists between the classical liberal tradition and the moral and institutional dimensions of the rule of law, then this tradition is bound to uphold a substantial form of social justice.

An international set of authors engages and expands the analysis of Oakeshott's writings in often neglected areas and topics and in ways that brings Oakeshott into conversation with a surprisingly diverse set of thinkers.

The book presents a new theoretical approach to the description of economic phenomena over time.

This book uses the concepts of freedom, indeterminism, and fallibilism to solve, in a unified way, problems of free will, knowledge, reasoning, rationality, personhood, ethics and politics.

This book fills a gap in the literature on economic liberalism in France as it strives to resolve a paradox. How do we reconcile the fact that while France has been among the most fertile of soils for the liberal intellectual tradition, the theoretical ideas it has produced has little impact on its own public debate and public policies? Using a wide range of data on public policies, it demonstrates that neo-liberal thought has had far less influence in France than in other European nations during the period from 1974 to 2012. The failure of neo-liberalism to propagate in public policies France is shown to be mainly due to the strong resistance of public opinion towards it. In addition, the structure of French institutions has reinforced the effect of "path dependence" in the making of public policy by valuing state expertise above that of actors likely to question the post-war consensus, such as academics and think tanks. Finally, the book identifies other more incidental factors which contributed to neo-liberalism marginality: the fragmentation and radicalism of neo-liberal advocates, as well as the absence of charismatic political actors to effectively embody these ideas. This book is a useful educational tool for students of economics, sociology, political science, and of French political history. This book is also of interest for journalists, think tank researchers and professionals of politics and administration.

In times of pandemic and global economic crisis, little more than a decade after the last, there are serious questions about how the liberal order can stand, who its friends are, and what the future will look like. This edited collection provides a comprehensive overview of the principles and stakes at play in the dispute between liberalism and socialism. It explores the 21st century appeal of socialism, particularly to millennials and other relatively young citizens, and shows why modern classical liberalism and neoliberalism have generated tepid support, leading to the resurgence of socialism after it was thought dead and buried due to the dramatic failures of statist models in 1989.The authors put modern socialism and liberalism into renewed dialogue with another to examine whether the two can coexist peacefully, or even reach an overlapping consensus on social reform going forward. It delves into the history and theory of both liberalism and socialism to determine points of overlap and tension, in addition to a cross-disciplinary interpretive analysis of the present epoch to determine how both traditions have evolved since the 20th century. The book is interdisciplinary and provides a broad array of perspectives including a diversity of ideological perspectives ranging from committed Marxists to libertarians. It will be of interest to academics and students in economics and contemporary political culture.

This book compares and contrasts the motivations, morality, and effectiveness of space exploration when pursued by private entrepreneurs as opposed to government.

Addressing the main philosophical and legal aspects of the rule of law, this volume will appeal to all those engaged in law, political theory, philosophy, economics, business ethics, and public policy.

1)    Introduction (Chapter 1) 2)    Pluralism (Section One)a)    Epistemological pluralism (Chapter 2)i)      Modality distinctionsii)     Logical category distinctionsb)    Value pluralismi)      Critique of monism (Chapter 3)ii)     Incompatibility of values/value systems (Chapter 4)iii)    Incommensurability of values/value systems (Chapter 5)iv)   Practical Reason and Moral Choices (Chapter 6)3)    Liberalism and Pluralism (Section Two)a)    Pluralist liberalism-Berlin, Hampshire, et al. (Chapter 7)(1)  Negative liberty as one value among many(2)  Positive liberty not really libertyb)    Modus Vivendi liberalism-Gray, McCabe, et al. (Chapter 8)(1)  Negative liberty not necessarily important(2)  Positive liberty not necessarily importantc)    Nomocratic liberalism-(Chapter 9)(1)  Negative liberty as primary value(2)  Positive liberty not really liberty; dangerous to negative liberty and to liberty under rule of law(3)  Liberty under rule of law as third concept of liberty(4)  Toleration as primary political virtue-toleration as putting up with something which find distasteful, not as approbationd)    Further implications-(Chapter 10)i)      The place and character of politics in a nomocratic stateii)     Dealing with monistic individuals and groups in a pluralist societyiii)    Value pluralism, Nomocratic liberalism, and international relations4)    Conclusion (Chapter 11)

1. Carl Schmitt''s Philosophy2. From Normal Justice to Exceptional Law: 1912-19193. Law, Politics, and Sovereignity: 1919-19234. Chaos Versus Dictator: 1923-1926 5. Politics or Law: 1927-19286. Constitutional Issues: 1928-19317. Constitutional Chaos and Political Turmoil: 1930-19328. Schmitt and the Recovery of Law and Liberalism

Michael Oakeshott on Authority, Governance, and the State presents contributions on one of the most important British philosophers of the 20th century.

ΓÇ£David Hardwick and Leslie Marsh have assembled a contentious collection of independent thinkers on liberalismΓÇÖs identity and prospects. Should liberalism be democratic, classical, ordo, legalistic, culture-based, market-based, or what? The international crew of authorsΓÇöfrom Australia, Canada, China and the USAΓÇödraw upon the insights of key historic figures from Locke to Montesquieu to Burke to Dewey to Hayek to Rawls (and of course others, given liberalismΓÇÖs rich history), and they leave us with a set of liberalisms both in collision and in overlapping agreement. This book is stimulating reading for those engaged with next-generation liberal thought.ΓÇ¥ΓÇöStephen R. C. Hicks, Professor of Philosophy at Rockford University.This collection redresses the conceptual hubris and illiteracy that has come to obscure the central presuppositions of classical liberalism ΓÇô that is, the wrestling of epistemic independence from overwhelming concentrations of power, monopolies and capricious zealotries be they of a state, religious or corporate in character. 

Michael Oakeshott on Authority, Governance, and the State presents contributions on one of the most important British philosophers of the 20th century.

This book offers an intellectual history of the libertarian case for markets in education. All of these questions are considered in this important text for those interested in debates over market mechanisms in education and those who are keen to understand how those arguments have changed over time.

In the twentieth century there were two great political and social paradigms, the liberal-democratic and the libertarian (in its various socialist, anarchist, and communist delineations). The central idea of the first approach is isonomy: the exclusion of any discrimination on the basis that legal rights are afforded equally to all people. The central idea of the second approach is rather to acknowledge and address a broader spectrum of known inequalities. Such an approach, Bellanca argues, allows the pursuit of pluralism as well as a more realistic and complex view of what equality is. Here he analyzes the main economic and political institutions of an isocratic society, and in so doing, effectively outlines how a utopian society can be structurally and anthropologically realized.This book is ideal reading for an audience interested in the critique of contemporary capitalism through a renewed perspective of democratic socialism and leftist libertarianism. Nicolò Bellanca is Associate Professor of Development Economics at the University of Florence, Italy. He is the author of a broad array of scholarly articles, books and textbooks about both the history of economic thought and development economics. His current research focuses on the theory of institutional change.

Chapter 1: Introduction, by Gene Callahan and Kenneth McIntyreChapter 2: Burke on Rationalism, Prudence and Reason of State, by Ferenc H├╢rcherChapter 3: Alexis de Tocqueville and the Uneasy Friendship between Reason and Freedom, by Travis D. Smith and Jin JinChapter 4: Kierkegaard''s Later Critique of Political Rationalism, by Robert Wyllie Chapter 5: Friedrich Nietzsche: The Hammer Goes to Monticello, by Justin GarrisonChapter 6: Pagans, Christians, Poets, by Corey AbelChapter 7: Wittgenstein on Rationalism, by Daniel SportielloChapter 8: Heidegger''s Critique of Rationalism and Modernity, by Jack SimmonsChapter 9: Gabriel Marcel: Mystery in an Age of Problems, by Steven KnepperChapter 10: Michael Polanyi: A Scientist Against Scientism, by Charles LowneyChapter 11: C.S. Lewis: Reason, Imagination, and the Abolition of Man, by Luke C. SheahanChapter 12: Hayek: Postatomic Liberal, Nick CowenChapter 13: Anti-rationalism, Relativism, and the Metaphysical Tradition:  Situating Gadamer''s Philosophical Hermeneutics, by Ryan HolstonChapter 14: Eric Voegelin and Enlightenment Rationalism, by Michael P. FedericiChapter 15: Michael Oakeshott''s Critique of Modern Rationalism, by Wendell John Coats Jr. Chapter 16: Isaiah Berlin on Monism, by Jason FerrellChapter 17: Russell Kirk: The Mystery of Human Existence, by Nathanael BlakeChapter 18: Jane Jacobs and the Knowledge Problem in Cities, by Sanford IkedaChapter 19: Practical Reason and Teleology: MacIntyre''s Critique of Modern Moral Philosophy, by Kenneth McIntyre

Dramatic changes in national security law and surveillance, as well as technological changes from social media to smart cities mean that our ideas about privacy and its protection are being challenged like never before.

Dramatic changes in national security law and surveillance, as well as technological changes from social media to smart cities mean that our ideas about privacy and its protection are being challenged like never before.

'This book is a thoroughly researched and well written exploration of one of the most divisive topics in modern democratic discourse. Novak brings careful and clear thinking to a topic too often clouded in emotion and guided by moral intuition. '-Peter Boettke, Professor of Economics and Philosophy, George Mason University, USA'Inequality has bred a climate of hostile political discourse reminiscent of the cold war. In this lucid book, Novak explains how we can transcend that hostility by recognizing the deeply entangled character of politics and economics within modern societies.'-Richard E. Wagner, Hobart R. Harris Professor of Economics, George Mason University, USA'Mikayla Novak has provided a bold new intellectual foundation for social policy analysis.' -Jason Potts, Professor of Economics, RMIT University, AustraliaIn recent years the degree of income and wealth inequality within developed countries has been raised as a central issue in economic and social policy debates. Numerous figures across diverse ideological affinities have advocated policy measures to significantly alter income and wealth distributions, while the inequality debate has become infused with other subjects such as social justice and identity politics. This book presents an account of economic inequality from a contemporary classical liberal perspective. Inequality is seen as a by-product of entangled relationships within society, bringing to the fore key ideas from complexity, evolutionary and network sciences.Novak illustrates that inequality is problematic insofar as it generates pro-rich redistribution and constrains progress by the less well off. Economic inequality has important links with issues such as fiscal and regulatory policies, discrimination and social exclusion, and institutional design.This unique book is important reading for social science academics, policy makers and people interested in exploring the dimensions and solutions to inequality, a critical issue of our time.