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Record Nr.

UNINA9910820679903321

Autore

Leiss William <1939->

Titolo

C.B. Macpherson : dilemmas of liberalism and socialism / / William Leiss

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Montreal ; ; Ithaca, : McGill-Queen's University Press, c2009

ISBN

0-7735-8299-1

1-282-86589-7

9786612865893

0-7735-7535-9

Edizione

[2nd ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (183 p.)

Disciplina

320.51

Soggetti

Liberalism

Political scientists - Canada

Socialism

Canada Politics and government

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

First published MontreĢal : New World Perspectives, c1988.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

1. Scope of the Work -- 2. Formation (1930-1955) -- 3. Maturity (1955-1985) -- 4. Canada as a Quasi-Market Society -- 5. Epilogue: An Appreciation.

Sommario/riassunto

Focusing on two key themes - property and the state - Leiss tracks Macpherson's analysis of the contradictions of liberal-democracy through all of his writings, beginning with his 1935 M.A. thesis supervised by Harold Laski at LSE. His concluding chapter critically examines the core of Macpherson's political philosophy - the distinction between extractive and developmental powers - against the background of social change in the democracies of the West in the period since the end of the Second World War.