This is the first comparative study of early twentieth-century French and British schools of political pluralism. A wide-ranging survey of the works of thinkers such as JN Figgis, GDH Cole, Harold Laski, Edouard Berth, Maxime Leroy and Léon Duguit, Pluralist Thought and the State in Britain and France, 1900-25 is a major contribution both to the study of national tradition of political thought and to the understanding of relationships between state, groups and individuals in democratic societies.

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CÉCILE LABORDE is Lecturer in European Thought at King's College, London. She has previously taught French politics and political thought at the University of Exeter, and has published a book on Islam in Africa and a number of articles on political theory. She is currently working on contemporary republican thought.

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Acknowledgements Introduction Types of Pluralism Contractual Co-ordination: Edouard Berth, Maxime Leroy and Anarchist Pluralism Organic Co-ordination: John Neville Figgis and Whig Pluralism Contractual Integration: Harold J. Laski, G.D.H. Close and Socialist Pluralism Organic Integration: Léon Duguit and Corporatist Pluralism Pluralism in National Context Conclusion Bibliography Index