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Democracy’s Achilles Heel

Democracy’s Achilles Heel

Bruce Fleming

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Taylor & Francis Ltd
Año de edición:
2023
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Estructuras políticas: democracia
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9781032660066
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A defence of democratic politics, this book argues that democracy comprises a structure based on two incompatible world-views: one relativist and liberal, the other absolutist and conservative - the combination of which is at once essential for its success, yet also that which threatens its survival.

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