{"product_id":"the-works-of-harold-j-laski-9781138819122","title":"The Works of Harold J. Laski","description":"\u003cp\u003e • Author(s): Laski Harold\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher: Routledge\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher Imprint: Routledge\u003cbr\u003e • BISAC: Political Ideologies - Communism, Post-Communism \u0026amp; Socialism\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis 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. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eStudies in the Problem of Sovereignty\u003c\/i\u003e (1917), \u003ci\u003eAuthority in the Modern State\u003c\/i\u003e (1919), and \u003ci\u003eThe Foundations of Sovereignty\u003c\/i\u003e (1921) are all works which expand Laski's pluralist doctrine of the State; a theory then applied in modified form in \u003ci\u003eA Grammar of Politics\u003c\/i\u003e (1925). \u003ci\u003eCommunism\u003c\/i\u003e (1927) argues against the concept of a Western Communist revolution. \u003ci\u003eDemocracy in Crisis\u003c\/i\u003e (1933) and the more optimistic \u003ci\u003eReflections on the Constitution\u003c\/i\u003e (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. \u003ci\u003eReflections on the Revolution of Our Time\u003c\/i\u003e (1949) predicts a \"revolution by consent\" arising from the common war-effort. Also included are \u003ci\u003eAn Introduction to Politics\u003c\/i\u003e (1931), \u003ci\u003eThe Rise of European Liberalism\u003c\/i\u003e (1936) \u003ci\u003eParliamentary Government in England\u003c\/i\u003e (1938), \u003ci\u003eThe Danger of Being a Gentleman\u003c\/i\u003e (1939), \u003ci\u003eProgramme for Victory\u003c\/i\u003e (1941), \u003ci\u003eThe Strategy of Freedom\u003c\/i\u003e (1942) and \u003ci\u003eThe Dilemma of Our Times \u003c\/i\u003e(1952).","brand":"Routledge","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":47616439713943,"sku":"9781138819122","price":224234.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/3471\/1191\/files\/9781138819122.webp?v=1775113395","url":"https:\/\/atlanticbooks.com\/products\/the-works-of-harold-j-laski-9781138819122","provider":"Atlantic Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}