Description:Liberalism and Its Practice explores current debates surrounding liberalism at the end of the 20th Century and what it has to offer in practice. Its focus is on two of liberalism's greatest emerging challenges: multiculturalism and states struggling with the transition to democracy. It considers the significant tensions that these pressures bring to liberal frameworks and asks what the viable alternatives are. Bringing together some of the leading authorities on the subject, this study provides an excellent insight into the meaning and practice of liberalism.