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The life and times of liberal democracy

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Oxford University Press, 1977 - Political Science - 120 pages

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I discovered this work after it was assigned as an alternative textbook in lieu of David Held's "Models of Democracy" (for those who could get their hands on it - as it was out of print at the time ... Read full review

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This is a great breakdown of the foundations of liberal democracy, starting with a chilling look at the utilitarianism of James Mill and Jeremy Benthem, and then to the less chilling John Stuart Mills ... Read full review

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Contents

PRECURSORS OF LIBERAL DEMOCRACY
9
Protective Democracy
23
Developmental Democracy
44
Copyright

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TitleThe life and times of liberal democracy
Opus Series
Volume 83 of Oxford paperbacks university series
AuthorCrawford Brough Macpherson
Editionreprint
PublisherOxford University Press, 1977
Original fromthe University of Michigan
Digitized22 Jan 2010
ISBN0192891065, 9780192891068
Length120 pages
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Democracy
Political Science / Political Ideologies / Democracy
  
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