-Ralf Dahrendorf is one of the most original and experienced social and political writers of our time.... The Modern Social Conflict is both a survey of social and political conflict in Western societies from the eighteenth century to the present and a tract for a new 'radical liberalism.'-
--Comment on the first edition by Stanley Hoffmann in the New York Times
-Ralf Dahrendorf has written a compelling book which, no doubt, will stimulate considerable discussion. It is the brilliant contribution of a convinced liberal to the study of conflict within contemporary democratic society.-
--Comment on the first edition by Saul Friedlander, of the University of California, Los Angeles
-Writing from a rich experience in both public service and public philosophy, Ralf Dahrendorf is well placed to describe the road political man has traveled since World War II and to weigh his prospects for the future. Drawing on Max Weber, Raymond Aron and others, and on his own analysis of developments in the Western democracies, he weaves a pattern in which the twin drives for 'entitlements' (civil rights and welfare) and 'provisions' (economic initiatives and growth) are often, but not necessarily, in conflict. A social democrat, he sees the declining vigor of traditional social democracy and the need for a new liberal agenda, a new 'social contract' and a 'world civil society.' Not utopian musing, it is uncommon practical wisdom.-
--Foreign Affairs
"Ralf Dahrendorf is one of the most original and experienced social and political writers of our time.... The Modern Social Conflict is both a survey of social and political conflict in Western societies from the eighteenth century to the present and a tract for a new 'radical liberalism.'"
--Comment on the first edition by Stanley Hoffmann in the New York Times
"Ralf Dahrendorf has written a compelling book which, no doubt, will stimulate considerable discussion. It is the brilliant contribution of a convinced liberal to the study of conflict within contemporary democratic society."
--Comment on the first edition by Saul Friedlander, of the University of California, Los Angeles
"Writing from a rich experience in both public service and public philosophy, Ralf Dahrendorf is well placed to describe the road political man has traveled since World War II and to weigh his prospects for the future. Drawing on Max Weber, Raymond Aron and others, and on his own analysis of developments in the Western democracies, he weaves a pattern in which the twin drives for 'entitlements' (civil rights and welfare) and 'provisions' (economic initiatives and growth) are often, but not necessarily, in conflict. A social democrat, he sees the declining vigor of traditional social democracy and the need for a new liberal agenda, a new 'social contract' and a 'world civil society.' Not utopian musing, it is uncommon practical wisdom."
--Foreign Affairs
"Ralf Dahrendorf is one of the most original and experienced social and political writers of our time.... The Modern Social Conflict is both a survey of social and political conflict in Western societies from the eighteenth century to the present and a tract for a new 'radical liberalism.'"
--Comment on the first edition by Stanley Hoffmann in the New York Times
"Ralf Dahrendorf has written a compelling book which, no doubt, will stimulate considerable discussion. It is the brilliant contribution of a convinced liberal to the study of conflict within contemporary democratic society."
--Comment on the first edition by Saul Friedlander, of the University of California, Los Angeles
"Writing from a rich experience in both public service and public philosophy, Ralf Dahrendorf is well placed to describe the road political man has traveled since World War II and to weigh his prospects for the future. Drawing on Max Weber, Raymond Aron and others, and on his own analysis of developments in the Western democracies, he weaves a pattern in which the twin drives for 'entitlements' (civil rights and welfare) and 'provisions' (economic initiatives and growth) are often, but not necessarily, in conflict. A social democrat, he sees the declining vigor of traditional social democracy and the need for a new liberal agenda, a new 'social contract' and a 'world civil society.' Not utopian musing, it is uncommon practical wisdom."
--Foreign Affairs
"Ralf Dahrendorf is one of the most original and experienced social and political writers of our time.... The Modern Social Conflict is both a survey of social and political conflict in Western societies from the eighteenth century to the present and a tract for a new 'radical liberalism.'"
--Comment on the first edition by Stanley Hoffmann in the New York Times
"Ralf Dahrendorf has written a compelling book which, no doubt, will stimulate considerable discussion. It is the brilliant contribution of a convinced liberal to the study of conflict within contemporary democratic society."
--Comment on the first edition by Saul Friedlander, of the University of California, Los Angeles
"Writing from a rich experience in both public service and public philosophy, Ralf Dahrendorf is well placed to describe the road political man has traveled since World War II and to weigh his prospects for the future. Drawing on Max Weber, Raymond Aron and others, and on his own analysis of developments in the Western democracies, he weaves a pattern in which the twin drives for 'entitlements' (civil rights and welfare) and 'provisions' (economic initiatives and growth) are often, but not necessarily, in conflict. A social democrat, he sees the declining vigor of traditional social democracy and the need for a new liberal agenda, a new 'social contract' and a 'world civil society.' Not utopian musing, it is uncommon practical wisdom."
--Foreign Affairs
