| Vincent, Andrew 2025. Democratic socialism and the new liberalism. The Idea of the Good Society: Essays in Honour of Raymond Plant, Oxford: Oxford University Press, pp. 33-51. (10.1093/9780191983627.003.0004) |
Abstract
This festschrift provides a comprehensive analysis of the political thought and practice of Raymond Plant and celebrates the three aspects of his public life which speak to his idea of the good society: scholarship, politics, and civil society. Firstly, Plant’s scholarship was remarkable in its breadth including philosophy, social work, political studies, social policy, theology, and jurisprudence. Secondly, Plant’s long association with the Labour Party, which began in Grimsby in his youth with his friendship with the local MP Tony Crosland. He later chaired the party’s commission into electoral reform, took a seat on the Labour benches in the House of Lords, and chaired the Fabian Society commission into taxation and citizenship. Thirdly, his work in civil society included time as president of the NCVO, as chair of Centrepoint, as a member of the Nuffield Council on Bioethics, and appointment as a lay canon of Winchester Cathedral. The book contains essays by distinguished scholars and contemporaries on all of the main aspects of Plant’s thought and practical work.
| Item Type: | Book Section |
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| Date Type: | Publication |
| Status: | Published |
| Schools: | Schools > Cardiff Law & Politics |
| Publisher: | Oxford University Press |
| ISBN: | 9780198872481 |
| Last Modified: | 17 Dec 2025 16:30 |
| URI: | https://orca.cardiff.ac.uk/id/eprint/183325 |
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