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Democracy: Exclusion or Inclusion?

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In his November 11, 1947 speech before the House of Commons, Winston S. Churchill said:

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  1. 1.

    King, Martin Luther (1963/1964). Why We Can’t Wait. New York, NY: New American Library, 80 and 81. King attributes the phrase, “justice too long delayed is justice denied” (81), to “one of our distinguished jurists.” It is not clear to whom he is referring.

  2. 2.

    Public Law 88–352, 78, Statute 241. Enacted July 2, 1964. Retrieved from on June 13, 2015: http://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/STATUTE-78/pdf/STATUTE-78-Pg241.pdf

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    Young refers to Lyotard, Jean-Francois, The Differend: Phrases in Dispute (Minneapolis: University of Minnesota Press, 1988).

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Humphrey, J.F. (2017). Democracy: Exclusion or Inclusion?. In: Friedrichsen, M., Kamalipour, Y. (eds) Digital Transformation in Journalism and News Media. Media Business and Innovation. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-27786-8_15

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