Featuring work by leading analysts of liberal thought, this volume examines the links between modern liberalism and earlier liberal variants, addresses contemporary challenges to liberalism, and considers prospects for the future. Anthony Arblaster, Norman Barry, Rodney Barker, Richard Bellamy, Michael Freeden, Elizabeth Frazer, Richard Flathan, Andrew Vincent and Hans Vorlander offer both analytical and historical approaches to understanding liberal thought.

Engaging with topical questions and controversies, the authors cover issues including the structure of liberal argument, varieties of liberalism, economic liberalism, liberal constitutionalism, liberalism and feminism, liberalism and postmodernism, and the future of liberal political thought.

The Liberal Political Tradition will be of great interest to students and researchers concerned with historical ideas, political ideologies and contemporary political philosophy.