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Book Title: After Liberalism: Mass Democracy In The Managerial State
Number of Pages: 200 Pages
Publication Name: After Liberalism : Mass Democracy in the Managerial State
Language: English
Publisher: Princeton University Press
Item Height: 0.7 in
Publication Year: 2001
Subject: Public Affairs & Administration, Political Ideologies / Democracy, Political Ideologies / Conservatism & Liberalism
Type: Textbook
Item Weight: 11 Oz
Item Length: 9.1 in
Author: Paul Edward Gottfried
Subject Area: Political Science
Series: New Forum Bks.
Item Width: 6.1 in
Format: Trade Paperback
