Ordinary People in Extraordinary Times: The Citizenry and the Breakdown of Democracy
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Princeton University Press, 2020.
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Nancy G. Bermeo., & Nancy G. Bermeo|AUTHOR. (2020). Ordinary People in Extraordinary Times: The Citizenry and the Breakdown of Democracy . Princeton University Press.
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