1st Edition

The Unservile State Essays in Liberty and Welfare

By George Watson Copyright 1957
    324 Pages
    by Routledge

    324 Pages
    by Routledge

    Originally published in 1957, The Unservile State looks at the theme of liberty in the Welfare State. Has it survived Welfare – is it even better for it? What of Parliament and our civil liberties? Does the present state of property distribution, of industry, agriculture and our social services satisfy the Liberal mind? And what would a liberal policy for foreign and Commonwealth affairs be like? These are some of the questions which this book sets out to answer. It is the first full scale study of the attitudes and policies of contemporary British Liberalism.

    Preface

    Book I: The Liberal Outlook

    1. Liberty and Welfare

    2. The Reform of Parliament

    3. Civil Liberties

    4. Property and Equality

    Book II: Liberty in the Welfare State

    5. Welfare in the Liberal State

    6. The Geography of Liberty

    7. Education

    Book III: The Economics of Liberty

    8. The Dynamics of Progress

    9. Relations in Industry

    10. Monopoly

    11. Agriculture

    Book IV: The International Setting

    12. Britain in the World

    13. Colonies to Commonwealth

    14. The Challenge of Liberalism

    Index