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French edition, Qu'est-ce que la démocratie?© Librairie Arthème Fayard, 1994

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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Touraine, Alain.
[Qu'est-ce que la démocratie? English]
What is democracy? / Alain Touraine ; translated by David Macey.
p. cm.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN 01-8133-2706-7 (hard).—ISBN 0-8133-2707-5 (pbk.)
1. Democracy. I. Title.
IC421.T7313 1997

321.8—dc21

96-51212

CIP

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