Decent democratic centralism

Political Theory

Volumn 33, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 518-546

  Angle, Stephen C ^a,b,c  

^a WESLEYAN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Mansfield Freeman Center   (United States)

^c East Asian Studies Program   (United States)

Author keywords

Chinese political theory; Decent society; Democratic centralism; Global comparative philosophy; Pluralism; Rawls, The Law of Peoples

Indexed keywords

EID: 23444432360     PISSN: 00905917     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0090591705276880     Document Type: Review

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