The Life and Times of Liberal Democracy - Couverture souple

Macpherson, C. B.

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 0192891065 ISBN 13 : 9780192891068

Editeur : Oxford Paperbacks, 1977

Synopsis

The author traces the background of current liberal-democratic theory, explains how the concept of democracy became both embedded in the shifting ideas of social equality and increasingly dependent on the mechanism of capitalism, and points the way to a more participatory democracy.

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Présentation de l'éditeur

In this brief but powerful book, acclaimed political philosopher C.B. Macpherson sets out in bold relief the essence of liberal democracy, both as it is currently conceived and as it might be reimagined. Macpherson argues that from its beginnings liberal democracy has accepted the underpinning principle of capitalist societies, that the "market maketh man." If that remains the central assumption of liberal democracy, Macpherson declares, then as an organizing framework for society, liberal democracy has reached the end of its useful life. But if a broader concept of liberal democracy is accepted-"if [Macpherson writes] liberal democracy is taken to mean a society striving to ensure that all its members are equally free to realize their capabilities"-the great days of liberal democracy may yet lie ahead. The Wynford edition includes a new Introduction by Frank Cunningham of the University of Toronto.

Biographie de l'auteur

C.B. Macpherson (1911-1987) was professor of political science at the University of Toronto. Widely regarded as Canada's pre-eminent political theorist of the twentieth century, he was the author of numerous books, including Democratic Theory: Essays in Retrieval and The Real World of Democracy, and was named to the Order of Canada, the country's highest civilian honour.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Oxford Paperbacks
• Date d'édition: 1977
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0192891065
• ISBN 13: 9780192891068
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 128
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
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