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What democracy is for : on freedom and moral government /

In this provocative book, Stein Ringen argues that the world's democracies are failing to live up to their ideals--the United States and Great Britain most especially. The core value of democracy, he contends, is freedom, the freedom to live a good life according to one's own choosing. Yet...

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Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Ringen, Stein
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Princeton ; Oxford : Princeton University Press, 2009, ©2007.
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