Liberalism divided: a study in British political thought 1914 - 1939

Intro -- Contents -- Abbreviations and Conventions -- 1. Introduction -- 2. The War on Liberalism -- 1. Conscription and the Liberal Conscience -- 2. The State: An Idea in Decline -- 3. An Ally Abandoned: The Assault on Idealism -- 4. The Diminished State: Instrument of a Real Community -- 3. The Worker as Citizen -- 1. Hopes of a New World -- 2. The New Status of Labour -- 3. Whitleyism: Social Harmony or Employers' Peace? -- 4. One Party in Search of a Policy -- 5. Groups and Citizens -- 4. The Liberal Summer School: The First Decade -- 1. The Formative Years -- 2. The Nation Transformed -- 3. The Halcyon Years -- 4. Britain's Industrial Future -- 5. Revival and Controversy -- 5. Human Nature, Economic Laws, and the Reconstitution of Capitalism -- 1. The Return of Economic Man -- 2. Efficiency and Rationalization: The Liberal Case -- 3. The Retreat from Social Reform -- 4. Capitalism: The Prodigal Returns to the Fold -- 5. The Capital Levy -- 6. 'Was Keynes a Liberal?' -- 7. The Ideology of Experimentation -- 6. Liberalism, Socialism, and Labour -- 1. Socialism: Exploring Similarities -- 2. Nationalization -- 3. Socialism: Underscoring Differences -- 4. The Quandary of Trade-Unionism -- 5. A Question of Boundaries -- 7. The Elements of Liberal Humanism -- 1. The Survival of Ethical Liberalism -- 2. The Quest for New Scientific Support: The Tentative Case of Psychology -- 3. Liberal Equality -- 4. Property: An Institution Reclaimed -- 5. Liberty: The Core of Liberalism? -- 6. Power: The Blind Spot of Liberalism -- 8. Socialism with a Liberal Face -- 1. H. J. Laski -- 2. R. H. Tawney -- 3. The New Statesman -- 9. A Decade of Dormancy -- 1. Democracy on the Defensive -- 2. The Liberal Summer School: Downhill Years -- 3. Left and Centre: The Gulf Acknowledged -- 4. Planning: The Logic of Liberal Action.

This study explores the division of liberal thought into two streams -- left-liberalism and centrist-liberalism -- and shows how liberalism had an impact on the British political tradition beyond the Liberal party itself.