First published in 1990, Victorian Liberalism brings together leading political theorists and historians in order to examine the interplay of theory and ideology in nineteenth-century liberal thought and practice.

Contributors 1. Introduction 2. The legacy of Adam Smith 3. Whigs and liberals 4. The origin of liberal utilitarianism 5. Bentham and the nineteenth-century revolution in government 6. J. S. Mill, liberalism, and progress 7. Herbert Spencer's liberalism - from social statics to social dynamics 8. T. H. Green and the morality of Victorian liberalism 9. Gladstonianism, the provinces, and popular political culture, 1860-1906 10. The new liberalism and its aftermath 11. From liberal radicalism to conservative corporatism Index