The Real World of DemocracyIn 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. |
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| Title | The Real World of Democracy CBC Massey Lectures |
| Author | C.B. Macpherson |
| Publisher | House of Anansi, 1992 |
| ISBN | 0887848907, 9780887848902 |
| Length | 112 pages |
| Subjects | › › Political Science / Comparative Politics Political Science / Political Ideologies / Democracy |
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