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John Dewey: Similar considerations account for depreciation of the machinery of democratic political action in contrast with a…

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Similar considerations account for depreciation of the machinery of democratic political action in contrast with a rising appreciation of the need of expert administrators.
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John Dewey

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Dewey discusses the decline of democratic political action in favor of expert administration.

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