In pursuing a policy of democratisation, Egypt and Tunisia etc., should not adopt a form of governance based on majority rule; as per
our letter in today's Guardian, 3.2.2011, an edited version of this original. A more detailed paper warns of the dangers of an adversarial structure, and suggests instead a more consensual one:
it is attached here.
(See also 2013-8.)
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