Liberalism and other writings /

　　l. t. hobhouse's liberalism (1911), which has acquired file status of a modern classic, is the most enduring statement of the political principles which animated british liberal social refomers in the early years of the twentieth century. while written in a popular style, it is actually a theoretical work of some subtlety, combining an historical analysis of the evolution of liberal doctrine with a philosophical discussion of the character of liberal belief, and proposing a reformnulation of liberalism which emphasizes community, individual welfare rights, and an activist state. . 　　 students of public policy will find a text advocating measures that later became central to the modem welfare state; students of ideology will discover an ambitious attempt to adapt traditional liberal beliefs to new circumstances; and contemporary political theorists will apprehend a liberal variant which contrasts sharply with the individualist, 'value-neutral' forms of liberalism which have been popular in recent decades. .. 　　 this new edition of liberalism includes a number of hobhouse's other writings from the same period, which help to define its place in the development of his political philosophy. ...