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The Rise and Fall of Economic Justice and Other Essays y 1 Edition

by C. B. Macpherson (Author)
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Aspects of 20th-century democracy such as economic justice, human rights, industrial democracy, property, pluralism, and the roots of liberalism are explored in this wide-ranging collection of essays, which expands on the analyses made in two of Macpherson's earlier books, Democratic Theory and The Life and Times of Liberal Democracy. Closely considering the past ups and downs of the concept of economic justice, Macpherson reaches a disturbing conclusion: that the concept is likely to wither away. Macpherson's subject matter ranges from an examination of the extent to which human rights are implemented in different parts of the world, to the probable future of workers' participation in industrial decision-making in both capitalist and socialist countries, to a discussion of the roots of modern liberalism that also reexamines Hobbes, this time as an economist. Taking a sweeping look backwards over the history of theory, this book elicits the role of economic assumptions in political theory and opens new doors to an understanding of state, class, and property.
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  1. ISBN-10
    0192153609
  2. ISBN-13
    978-0192153609
  3. Edition
    y 1
  4. Publisher
    Oxford University Press
  5. Publication date
    June 27, 1985
  6. Language
    English
  7. Dimensions
    5.56 x 0.69 x 8.75 inches
  8. Print length
    164 pages
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  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ Oxford University Press; y 1 edition (June 27, 1985)
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • Hardcover ‏ : ‎ 164 pages
  • ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 0192153609
  • ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-0192153609
  • Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 12.1 ounces
  • Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 5.56 x 0.69 x 8.75 inches
  • Customer Reviews:
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alison de Roo
5.0 out of 5 stars greatest political theorist of all to date
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No other political theorist to date has succeeded in wedding humanist and democratic theory together like C B Macpherson. Nor has anyone analysed property rights conflicting relationship with them better.
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uk_student
5.0 out of 5 stars Real insight and very well written
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I have read few books that show such insight into the connections between values, economics and democracy. Yet modern democarcy is still stuck in the limited ideas of of the Enlightenment of ''possessive individualism' as Macpherson calls it, which underlies consummerism as the economic model, undermining the general good as a value.
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