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They prevent that development of new forms of the state which might grow up rapidly were social life more fluid, less precipitated into set political and legal molds.
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John Dewey
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gutenberg.orgJohn Dewey: “They prevent that development of new forms of the state which might grow up rapidly were social life more fluid, less…”
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Dewey argues that existing political and legal frameworks can stifle the development of more adaptive state forms.
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