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Now showing — Democracy in America · 5 works
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A single holdout juror convinces eleven others. Democracy and doubt in one room.
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Man is born free and everywhere he is in chains. The philosophical foundation of modern democracy.
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A French aristocrat anatomizes the young American republic. Still the sharpest external reading of American democratic culture.
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The advertising campaign that brought down Pinochet. Democracy sold like Coca-Cola.
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book published in 2000
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Also in the field · 3
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- Sean Carroll's Mindscape #129, “Democracy in America” Music
- DEMOcracy Music
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- The Social Contract Essays
- Democracy in America Essays
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- 12 Angry Men Film
- No Film