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Academic Quote of the Day
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Because it's reading and thinking time again in this house and in this hat. And since General Elections are looming in here, and Finland just had its parliamentary one, the quote seemed particularly apt! Also, Delenn icon because politics.
“If income, wealth, and economic position are also political resources, and if they are distributed unequally, then how can citizens be political equals? And if citizens cannot be political equals, how is democracy to exist?” (Dahl, 1989: 326)
Full ref:
Dahl, R.A. (1989). Democracy and its critics. New Haven: Yale University Press.
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Because it's reading and thinking time again in this house and in this hat. And since General Elections are looming in here, and Finland just had its parliamentary one, the quote seemed particularly apt! Also, Delenn icon because politics.
“If income, wealth, and economic position are also political resources, and if they are distributed unequally, then how can citizens be political equals? And if citizens cannot be political equals, how is democracy to exist?” (Dahl, 1989: 326)
Full ref:
Dahl, R.A. (1989). Democracy and its critics. New Haven: Yale University Press.
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