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Is There a Democracy “Overload”?  

Douglas C. Bennett and Kenneth E. Sharpe ▪ Summer 1984

A principal feature of recent neoconservative thought has been the scapegoating of democracy for a host of political and economic ills—from declining governmental competence to budget deficits and inflation. Our political system, the argument goes, has become “overloaded” by demands …



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