Democracy and Social Rights

Democracy and Social Rights

Larry Patriquin

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Editorial:
Taylor & Francis Ltd
Año de edición:
2025
Materia
Política y gobierno
ISBN:
9781041025047

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The author argues that our inability to create and entrench social rights, which would help make societies more equal, is rooted in the structures of our political institutions and concludes that our politics, regardless of the presence of elections, cannot carry the mantle democratic.

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