Table of Contents

Introduction to the Wynford Edition
I. Models and Precursors
The Nature of the Inquiry
The Use of Models
(i) Why Models?
(ii) Why Historically Successive Models?
(iii) Why These Models?
Precursors of Liberal Democracy
(i) Democracy and Class
(ii) Pre-nineteenth Century Theories as Precursors
II. Model 1: Protective Democracy
The Break in the Democratic Tradition
The Utilitarian Base
Bentham's Ends of Legislation
The Political Requirement
James Mill's Seesaw
Protective Democracy for Market Man
III. Model 2: Developmental Democracy
The Emergence of Model 2
Model 2A: J.S. Mill's Developmental Democracy
The Taming of the Democratic Franchise
Model 2B: Twentieth-Century Developmental Democracy
IV. Model 3: Equilibrium Democracy
The Entrepreneurial Market Analogy
The Adequacy of Model 3
(i) Descriptive Adequacy
(ii) Explanatory Adequacy
(iii) Justificatory Adequacy
The Faltering of Model 3
V. Model 4: Participatory Democracy
The Rise of the Idea
Is More Participation Now Possible?
(i) The Problem of Size
(ii) A Vicious Circle and Possible Loopholes
Models of Participatory Democracy
(i) Model 4A: An Abstract First Approximation
(ii) Model 4B: A Second Approximation
Participatory Democracy as Liberal Democracy
Further Reading
Index

About the Author

C.B. Macpherson (1911-1987) was professor of political science at the University of Toronto. Widely regarded as Canada's pre-eminent political theorist of the twentieth century, he was the author of numerous books, including Democratic Theory: Essays in Retrieval and The Real World of Democracy, and was named to the Order of Canada, the country's highest civilian honour.