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WHEN PUSH COMES SHOVE [1 record]

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Record 1 1994-06-03

English

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CONT

Seen in this way, each democratic state's design of its public institutions represents a more or less sincere attempt to devise a comprehensible and workable public process by which government can be made to conform, when push comes to shove, to the people's will - even if against its own will.

French

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CONT

Vue de cette façon, la conception propre à chaque État démocratique de ses institutions publiques représente plus ou moins une tentative sincère en vue de mettre au point un processus public compréhensible et applicable par lequel le gouvernement peut être incité à se conformer, au bout du compte, à la volonté du peuple, même contre sa propre volonté.

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