Making Liberalism Work by Susan A Ashley
What they decided defined the Italian variant of liberalism by transforming it from a doctrine to concrete practices and political behaviors. Particularly after 1890, liberals increasingly made empiricism the primary justification for policy and dismissed abstract principles as beneath notice.
Ashley does a good job of analyzing changing policies and the accompanying arguments deployed in parliamentary debates and the pressShe shows that vigorous debates took place about major policy changes that conflicted with preexisting sets of liberal beliefs. * Journal of Modern History *
Ashley's study is a valuable contribution to our understanding of the complexities of Italian liberalism after 1860. * American Historical Review *
[A]shley provides an excellent study of the interplay between ideology and legislative solutions to real problems during the neglected decades from 1870 to 1900. . . . [S]tudents of European liberalism will profit from it. * Journal of Modern Italian Studies *
Ashley's study is a valuable contribution to our understanding of the complexities of Italian liberalism after 1860. * American Historical Review *
[A]shley provides an excellent study of the interplay between ideology and legislative solutions to real problems during the neglected decades from 1870 to 1900. . . . [S]tudents of European liberalism will profit from it. * Journal of Modern Italian Studies *
Susan A. Ashley is professor of history at Colorado College. She received her BA from Carleton College and her MA, European Institute Certificate, and PhD from Columbia University.
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| ISBN 13 | 9780275980627 |
| ISBN 10 | 0275980626 |
| Title | Making Liberalism Work |
| Author | Susan A Ashley |
| Series | Italian And Italian American Studies |
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| Binding Type | Hardback |
| Publisher | Praeger |
| Year published | 2003-08-30 |
| Number of pages | 216 |
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