The Real World of Democracy

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In his 1964 CBC Massey Lectures C.B. Macpherson examines the rival ideas of democracy - the communist, Third World, and Western-liberal variants - and their impact on one another. He suggests that the West need not fear any challenge to liberal democracy if it is prepared to re-examine and alter its own values. Abstract: In his 1964 CBC Massey Lectures C.B. Macpherson examines the rival ideas of democracy - the communist, Third World, and Western-liberal variants - and their impact on one another. He suggests that the West need not fear any challenge to liberal democracy if it is prepared to re-examine and alter its own values Content: I: Old and New Dimensions of Democracy II: Non- Liberal Democracy: the Communist Variant III: Non- Liberal Democracy: the Underdeveloped Variant IV: Liberal -- Democracy as a System of Power V The Myth of Maximization VI: The Near Future of Democrac and Human Rights.