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To one who believes in the essential worth of a democratic polity, how much opposition is desirable, and what kinds? What is the best balance between consensus and dissent? Even among democrats there is not much agreement on the answers to these questions.
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The notion of ‘unfreedom’ is defined in Felix E. Oppenheim, Dimensions of Freedom (New York, St Martin’s Press, 1961), chap. 4, ‘Unfreedom’.
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Dahl, R.A. (1969). Political Opposition in Western Democracies. In: Blondel, J. (eds) Comparative Government. Palgrave, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-349-15318-3_26
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