Research Handbook on Liberalism (Research Handbooks in Political Thought series)

This timely Research Handbook reckons with the past, present and future of liberalism at a time when anxieties are being expressed about its viability. Duncan Ivison brings together a broad and international range of leading experts to explore the complexities of liberalism, examining the extent to which it can address rising challenges from illiberalism to inequality. Multidisciplinary in scope, it assesses the pressing issues facing liberalism and how they can be tackled, with contributions focusing on populism, immigration, gender equality, multiculturalism, climate change, economic inequality, racial injustice and disinformation. Chapters cover broad meta-level questions from a global perspective while also providing specific institutional, historical and political analyses. The Research Handbook draws attention to the diverse, shape-shifting nature of liberalism, leaving open the question as to whether its flaws are fatal or rather an opportunity for renewal. This accessible yet rigorous Research Handbook will prove an essential resource for students and scholars of political theory, philosophy, political science, economics, law, sociology, media and communications, and cultural studies. Academics and policymakers with an interest in both the historic roots of liberalism and contemporary politics will also find it vital reading due to its comprehensive exploration of current threats to liberal democracy. Front Matter Copyright Contents Contributors Preface 1. Introduction: the vicissitudes of liberalism Part I Foundations 2. Liberal conceptions of the self 3. Rights on a liberal trajectory 4. Histories of liberalisms 5. Liberalism and international political thought 6. The ethical state and awakened self: towards a reconstructed liberalism 7. Liberalism and the family 8. The historicity of public reason Part II Conundrums 9. Liberalism and belonging: political community and minority membership 10. Liberalism and relational freedom: re-encountering Indigenous political philosophies 11. Boundaries 12. Immigration and liberal freedom 13. Liberalism and structural injustice: when the solution becomes the problem 14. The challenges of care and dependence for liberal political philosophy 15. Decarcerating civil disobedience: punishment, policing, and the problem of innocence Part III Emergent challenges 16. The post-liberal movement 17. Liberalism and populism 18. Liberalism and the more-than-human 19. Liberalism and automated injustice 20. The challenge to liberal democracies of political disinformation Index