The Paradox of American Democracy

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The Paradox of American Democracy

by John Judis

Other books by John Judis

The Populist Explosion: How the Great Recession Transformed American and European Politics by John Judis

Our most recommended books

On Liberty by John Stuart Mill

Middlemarch by George Eliot

War and Peace by Leo Tolstoy

Frankenstein (Book) by Mary Shelley

Nineteen Eighty-Four by George Orwell

The Odyssey by Homer and translated by Emily Wilson

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The Populist Explosion: How the Great Recession Transformed American and European Politics
by John Judis

On Liberty
by John Stuart Mill

Middlemarch
by George Eliot

War and Peace
by Leo Tolstoy

Frankenstein (Book)
by Mary Shelley

Nineteen Eighty-Four
by George Orwell

The Odyssey
by Homer and translated by Emily Wilson