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Why not socialism? /

Is socialism desirable? Is it even possible? In this concise book, one of the world's leading political philosophers presents with clarity and wit a compelling moral case for socialism and argues that the obstacles in its way are exaggerated. There are times, G.A. Cohen notes, when we all behav...

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Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Cohen, G. A. (Gerald Allan), 1941-2009
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Princeton : Princeton University Press, ©2009.
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