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Matthew Cole

Matthew Cole received his PhD in political science from Duke in 2017. His work has been published by Political Research QuarterlyEnvironmental Politics, and The Orwell Foundation.

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Democratic theory points to two problems: unjust concentrations of power and a flawed theory of knowledge.

Matthew Cole

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