Table of Contents

Introduction: Citizenship, liberty and community E. F. Biagini; Part I. Citizenship, Populism and Liberalism: 1. Liberalism and direct democracy: J. S. Mill and the model of ancient Athens E. F. Biagini; 2. The limits of liberalism: liberals and the women's movement 1866–1907 M. Pugh; 3. Women, community and citizenship, 1918–1930 Pat Thane; 4. Democracy and popular religion: Moody and Sankey's mission to Britain 1873–75 J. Coffey; 5. Disestablishment and democracy, c. 1840–1930 G. I. T. Machin; Part II. Economic Democracy and the 'Moral Economy' of Free Trade: 6. The National Agricultural Labourers' Union and the demand for a stake in the soil, 1873–85 N. Scotland; 7. 'The food of the people': free trade, protectionism and the liberal opposition to the Cattle Diseases Bill, 1878 J. Spain; 8. Free trade c. 1880–1926: an old response to a new challenge? A. Howe; 9. The strange death of free trade: from individual consumerism to collectivist productivism, British political economy, 1903–1932 F. Trentman; Part III. Democracy, Organicism, and the Challenge of Nationalism: 10. Land, religion and the changing electoral system in Ulster, 1870–1881 G. Greenlee; 11. Nationalizing the ideal? Labour and nationalism in Ireland 1909–1923 C. Fitzpatrick; 12. The crofting community, German idealism and the highland land reform 1885–1886 J. Shaw; 13. The Welsh radical tradition and the ideal of a democratic popular culture, 1900–40 R. Lewis; 14. Platonism, positivism and progressivism: aspects of British sociological thought in the early twentieth century Jose Harris.

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A comparative, regional exploration of radicalism and the concept of 'community' in Britain.

Reviews

'... this wide-ranging and important collection ... performs a considerable service in drawing together essays which look at the complexity and intellectual vitality of a radical tradition.' The Welsh History Review '... a collection of essays which adds finesse and diversity to our understanding of British progressivism in a formative period ...'. Michael Freeden, Labour History Review