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The Will to Empower: Democratic Citizens and Other Subjects
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The Will to Empower: Democratic Citizens and Other Subjects

by Barbara Cruikshank. 149 pgs.

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Contributors:

   Barbara Cruikshank

Publisher:

   Cornell University Press

Place of Publication:

  Ithaca, NY  

Publication Year:

  1999
Subjects:   Political Participation--United States, Democracy--United States, Power (Social Sciences)--United States
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