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

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Leiss, William, 1939-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Liberalism.

Political scientists--Canada--Biography.

Political scientists.

Socialism.

Canada--Politics and government.

Canada.

Macpherson, C. B. (Crawford Brough), 1911-1987.

Macpherson, C. B.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (183 p.)

Edition:

2nd ed.

Place of Publication:

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

Language Note:

English

Summary:

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.

Contents:

1. Scope of the Work

2. Formation (1930-1955)

3. Maturity (1955-1985)

4. Canada as a Quasi-Market Society

5. Epilogue: An Appreciation.

Notes:

First published Montréal : New World Perspectives, c1988.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9786612865893

9780773582996

0773582991

9781282865891

1282865897

9780773575356

0773575359

OCLC:

711608871