Liberalism, imperialism, and empire

Studies in Political Economy

Volumn , Issue 78, 2006, Pages 201-223

  Long, David ^a  

^a CARLETON UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

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EID: 33846150644     PISSN: 07078552     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/19187033.2006.11675107     Document Type: Article

References (42)

1. Peter C. Newman, "All Eyes on Ignatieff," National Post (26 February 2005), p. A16.
2. P.J. Cain, Hobson and Imperialism: Radicalism, New Liberalism, and Finance, 1887-1938 (New York: Oxford University Press, 2002), pp. 90-93.
3. J.A. Hobson, The War in South Africa: Its Causes and Effects (London: Nisbet, 1900);
4. The Psychology of Jingoism (London: Grant Richards, 1901);
5. Imperialism: A Study 3rd ed., J. Townshend, (ed.), (London: Unwin Hyman, 1988 [1902]).
6. Michael Ignatieff, Virtual War: Kosovo and Beyond (New York: Picador, 2001);
7. Empire Lite: Nation-Building in Bosnia, Kosovo and Afghanistan (New York: Vintage, 2003);
8. The Lesser Evil: Political Ethics in an Age of Terror (Penguin, 2004).
9. As recalled by Hobson himself, see his Confessions of an Economic Heretic (London: Unwin, 1938).
10. J.M. Keynes, The General Theory of Employment, Interest and Money (London: Macmillan, 1936);
11. P.F. Clarke, Liberals and Social Democrats (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1978).
12. J.A. Hobson, "Socialistic Imperialism," International Journal of Ethics 12/1 (1901).
13. Richard Koebner and Helmut Dan Schmidt, Imperialism: The Story and Significance of a Political Word, 1840-1960 (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1964).
14. Jules Townshend, J.A. Hobson (Manchester University Press, 1990), Chapter 5;
15. David Long, "Paternalism and the Internationalization of Imperialism: J.A. Hobson on the International Government of the 'Lower Races,'" in David Long and Brian C. Schmidt, (eds.), Imperialism and Internationalism in the Discipline of International Relations (Albany, NY SUNY Press, 2005).
16. J.A. Hobson, Towards International Government (London: Unwin, 1915).
17. J.A. Hobson, A New Holy Alliance (London: Union for Democratic Control, 1919).
18. Ignatieff, Empire Lite, p. 2.
19. Ibid., p. 2.
20. Ibid., p. 17.
21. Ibid., p. 127.
22. Ibid., p. 125.
23. For other liberal readings of the importance and moral implications of interdependence, see Robert O. Keohane and Joseph S. Nye, Power and Interdependence: World Politics in Transition (Boston: Little, Brown, 1977);
24. Charles R. Beitz, Political Theory and International Relations (Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press, 1982).
25. Colin McInnes, Spectator-Sport War: The West and Contemporary Conflict (Boulder, CO: Rienner, 2002).
26. Tony Blair, "Our Values Are Our Guide," The Globe and Mail (27 May 2006), p. A15.
27. Ignatieff, Empire Lite, p. 125.
28. See, for instance, the concern with prevention expressed in Lee Feinstein and Anne-Marie Slaughter, "A Duty to Prevent," Foreign Affairs 83/1 (2004), which is couched in terms not of the prevention of harm to others as expressed in The Responsibility to Protect, but rather confronting threats to the West.
29. For an argument against trusteeship, see William Bain, Between Anarchy and Society: Trusteeship and the Obligations of Power (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2003).
30. A.J.P. Taylor, The Trouble-Makers: Dissent Over Foreign Policy 1792-1939 (Penguin, 1957).
31. James L. Richardson, Contending Liberalisms in World Politics: Ideology and Power (Boulder, CO: Rienner, 2001).
32. Postcolonial critics of Western discourses of empire suggest that "they inevitably privilege the centre, emphasizing the 'home' over the 'native,' the 'metropolitan' over the 'provincial' or 'colonial,' and so forth." See Bill Ashcroft, Gareth Griffiths, and Helen Tiffin, The Empire Writes Back: Theory and Practices in Post-Colonial Literatures 2nd ed. (London; New York: Routledge, 2002), p. 5.
33. For examples of the importance of postcolonialism for understanding international relations, see L.H.M. Ling, Postcolonial International Relations (New York: Palgrave, 2002), pp. 68-72;
34. A.J. Paolini, Navigating Modernity: Postcolonialism, Identity, and International Relations (Boulder, CO: Rienner, 1999).
35. Uday Singh Mehta, Liberalism and Empire: A Study in Nineteenth Century British Liberal Thought (Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1999).
36. Ashcroft, Griffiths, and Tiffin, The Empire Writes Back..., p. 12. This argument is advanced in the context of literature and culture, but readily applies to political-strategic and socio-economic issues.
37. See, for example, Michael Ignatieff, Peace, Order and Good Government: A Foreign Policy Agenda for Canada (Ottawa: Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade, 2004).
38. Long, "Paternalism and the Internationalization of Imperialism..."
39. Barry Hindess, "The Liberal Government of Unfreedom," Alternatives 26/2 (2001).
40. J.A. Hobson, The Crisis of Liberalism (London: P.S. King, 1909).
41. Ignatieff, Empire Lite, p. 3.
42. As this paper was being written, the author received spam sent by Ignatieff's Liberal leadership campaign calling him to offer his support as an early believer in the new MP's future as leader of his party and country.