`It is a sign of how vulnerable intellectual life is to fashion, that English pluralism is no longer widely read and studied today. The work of Cole, Laski and Figgis is of the utmost significance, and scarcely known to student and contemporary scholars in democratic theory today. This timely book represents the lost tradition of English pluralism in a manner which not only makes it clearly available, but a decisive challenge to democratic thought. An essential text.' - David Held

• 1.Introduction Notes and suggestions for further reading Texts 2. The Social Theory (1920) - G.D.H. Cole 3. Some Names and their meaning 4.The Principle of Function 5. The State and Inclusive Association 6. Democracy and Power 7. Government and Legislation 8. Coercion and Co-ordination Churches in the Modern State(1913) - J.N. Figgis Lecture II - The Great Leviathan 9. The Foundations of Sovereignty and Other Essays H.J. Laski 10.The Problem of Administrative Areas , The Personality of Associations , The Pluralistic State Studies in Law and Politics H.J. Laski 11. Law and the State Bibliography

`It is a sign of how vulnerable intellectual life is to fashion, that English pluralism is no longer widely read and studied today. The work of Cole, Laski and Figgis is of the utmost significance, and scarcely known to student and contemporary scholars in democratic theory today. This timely book represents the lost tradition of English pluralism in a manner which not only makes it clearly available, but a decisive challenge to democratic thought. An essential text.' - David Held

• 1.Introduction Notes and suggestions for further reading Texts 2. The Social Theory (1920) - G.D.H. Cole 3. Some Names and their meaning 4.The Principle of Function 5. The State and Inclusive Association 6. Democracy and Power 7. Government and Legislation 8. Coercion and Co-ordination Churches in the Modern State(1913) - J.N. Figgis Lecture II - The Great Leviathan 9. The Foundations of Sovereignty and Other Essays H.J. Laski 10.The Problem of Administrative Areas , The Personality of Associations , The Pluralistic State Studies in Law and Politics H.J. Laski 11. Law and the State Bibliography