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Critically examine Macpherson’s views on Democracy.

  • UPSC 2018
  • 15 marks
  • Democracy

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C. B. Macpherson (1911–1987), a Canadian critical liberal with socialist sympathies, set out to retrieve liberal democracy's ethical promise, equal freedom for all to develop their capacities, from its market assumptions. His diagnosis is powerful; his remedy is less convincing.

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  • The Market Root and the Three Concepts
  • Four Models
  • Developmental versus Extractive Power
  • Critique
  • Conclusion
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