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Lisa Disch on Representation, Constituencies, and Political Leadership

Democracy Paradox

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Democracy Disincorporates Sovereignty

"I don't know if we've ever had problems as big as the ones we're facing right now," he says. "It's a problem what's happening to our public schools, that more people are looking for alternatives and being able to exit." A key part of democracy is pluralism, which involves the people themselves, writes Obama. The king anchored an entire social structure in terms of the ruling class, the middle classes, said President Obama.

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