Too little knowledge is a dangerous thing: South africa’s bargained transition, democratic prospects and john rawls’s ‘veil of ignorance’

Politikon

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 57-80

  Friedman, Steven ^a  

^a Director of the Centre for Policy Studies   (South Africa)

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EID: 84937257676     PISSN: 02589346     EISSN: 14701014     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02589349808705053     Document Type: Article

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