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.

Table of Contents:
Contents: Preface ix 1 Introduction: the vicissitudes of liberalism 1 Duncan Ivison PART I FOUNDATIONS 2 Liberal conceptions of the self 31 Alexandre Lefebvre 3 Rights on a liberal trajectory 46 Matthew Joseph 4 Histories of liberalisms 63 Duncan Ivison 5 Liberalism and international political thought 80 Theodore Christov 6 The ethical state and awakened self: towards a reconstructed liberalism 98 Vafa Ghazavi 7 Liberalism and the family 119 Riccardo Spotorno 8 The historicity of public reason 135 Paul Patton PART II CONUNDRUMS 9 Liberalism and belonging: political community and minority membership 153 Clayton Chin 10 Liberalism and relational freedom: re-encountering Indigenous political philosophies 173 Allison Weir 11 Boundaries 194 Avery Kolers 12 Immigration and liberal freedom 210 Chandran Kukathas 13 Liberalism and structural injustice: when the solution becomes the problem 225 Vittorio Bufacchi 14 The challenges of care and dependence for liberal political philosophy 239 Susan Dodds 15 Decarcerating civil disobedience: punishment, policing, and the problem of innocence 254 Alexander Livingston PART III EMERGENT CHALLENGES 16 The post-liberal movement 276 Paul Kelly 17 Liberalism and populism 292 Simon Tormey 18 Liberalism and the more-than-human 308 Danielle Celermajer, Darren Chang, David Schlosberg and Christine Winter 19 Liberalism and automated injustice 331 Chad Lee-Stronach 20 The challenge to liberal democracies of political disinformation 344 Lisa Hill

About the Author :
Edited by Duncan Ivison, Professor of Political Philosophy, School of Humanities, University of Sydney, Australia