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978-0-674-23758-2 (cloth)
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Names: Calhoun, Craig J., 1952– author. | Gaonkar, Dilip Parameshwar, 1945– author. | Taylor, Charles, 1931– author.
Title: Degenerations of democracy / Craig Calhoun, Dilip Parameshwar Gaonkar, Charles Taylor.
Description: Cambridge, Massachusetts : Harvard University Press, 2022. | Includes bibliographical references and index.
Identifiers: LCCN 2021045367
Subjects: LCSH: Democracy. | Equality. | Political participation. | Common good. | Solidarity.
Classification: LCC JC423 .C2444 2022 | DDC 321.8—dc23/eng/20211202
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