Democracy as a Starting Point

Issue Date January 2001
Volume 12
Issue 1
Page Numbers 5-14
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Democracy by itself does not put an end to injustice or inequality, but it establishes the most favorable conditions for making progress in the struggle to achieve a just society.

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