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Knowledge, power, and democracy: Lindblom, critical theory, and postmodernism

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    Rune Premfors (associate professor)

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His current research aims at developing a scenario for the future of democracy in Sweden.

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Premfors, R. Knowledge, power, and democracy: Lindblom, critical theory, and postmodernism. Knowledge and Policy 5, 77–93 (1992). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02692807

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