Democracy: A Comparative Approach 9781135136420, 9780415265874

What is democracy? Under what conditions does it thrive? What are the consequences of democracy? This book aims to answe

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Democracy: A Comparative Approach
9781135136420, 9780415265874

Upon its publication in 1962, this book became one of the founding texts of organizational sociology. Bringing together

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