{"product_id":"9781444349931","title":"The Progressive Tradition Eighty Years of The Political Quarterly","description":"\u003ch3\u003ePolitical Quarterly Monograph Series\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003ch1\u003eThe Progressive Tradition\u003c\/h1\u003e\u003ch2\u003eEighty Years of The Political Quarterly\u003c\/h2\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAndrew Gamble | Tony Wright\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cb\u003ePolitical Science \/ General\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis volume, marking the eightieth anniversary of the journal \u003ci\u003eThe\u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003ePolitical Quarterly\u003c\/i\u003e, contains a selection of articles from eight decades of progressive writing and provides both a fascinating window on the past and a stimulus to thought and action in the present.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cul\u003e \u003cli\u003eA free-thinking platform for the leading voices of the progressive tradition in British politics\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eSpans eight decades of progressive writing from voices which still have something to say to us now\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eAims to bridge the divide between thought and action and to provide an intellectual foundation for practical reform and for progressive politics\u003c\/li\u003e \u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e  \u003cb\u003eAndrew Gamble\u003c\/b\u003e is Professor of Politics and a Fellow of Queens’ College in the University of Cambridge, and currently Head of the Department of Politics and International Studies and joint editor of \u003ci\u003eThe Political Quarterly.\u003c\/i\u003e His research interests lie in political economy, political theory and British politics, and his books include \u003ci\u003eBetween Europe and America: the future of British politics\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThe Spectre at the Feast: capitalist crisis and the politics of recession.\u003c\/i\u003e In 2005 he received the Isaiah Berlin Prize from the Political Studies Association for lifetime contribution to political studies.     \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eTony Wright\u003c\/b\u003e is Professorial Fellow in the Department of Politics at Birkbeck College, University of London, working on the development of the new Centre for the Study of British Politics and Public Life and contributing to the teaching of British Politics. Tony was educated at LSE, Harvard and Oxford. Before being elected to Parliament in 1992, he was Reader in British Political Thought at the University of Birmingham, where he taught in the School of Continuing Studies. In the House of Commons he chaired the Select Committee on Public Administration for over a decade; and also chaired the Select Committee on Reform of the House of Commons which recommended major changes in how the Commons works. He stood down from the Commons at the last election.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eHe is joint editor of \u003ci\u003eThe Political Quarterly\u003c\/i\u003e and his many books include \u003ci\u003eGDH Cole and Socialist Democracy\u003c\/i\u003e (1979), \u003ci\u003eSocialisms: Theories and Practices\u003c\/i\u003e (1986), \u003ci\u003eRH Tawney\u003c\/i\u003e (1987),\u003ci\u003eCitizens and Subjects\u003c\/i\u003e (1994), \u003ci\u003eBritish Politics: A Very Short Introduction\u003c\/i\u003e (2003) and several edited volumes including \u003ci\u003eThe British Political Process\u003c\/i\u003e (2000).A collection of his other writing is to appear shortly as \u003ci\u003eDoing Politics\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ctable\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePublication Date: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e12 July 2011\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePublisher: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eWiley\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eImprint: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eWiley-Blackwell\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eISBN-13: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e9781444349931\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eFormat: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePaperback softback\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePage Count: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e334\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eWeight (oz): \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e20.0\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/table\u003e","brand":"Wiley","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44384880656524,"sku":"9781444349931","price":32.62,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0710\/9545\/1788\/files\/9781444349931.jpg?v=1784251406","url":"https:\/\/fh90cf-fv.myshopify.com\/products\/9781444349931","provider":"Late Knight Books and Services, LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}