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Shadow Elite: How the World’s New Power Brokers Undermine Democracy, Government, and the Free Market

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Shadow Elite: How the World’s New Power Brokers Undermine Democracy, Government, and the Free Market. / Birtchnell, Thomas.
In: Contemporary Sociology, Vol. 40, No. 3, 05.2011, p. 103-104.

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Birtchnell T. Shadow Elite: How the World’s New Power Brokers Undermine Democracy, Government, and the Free Market. Contemporary Sociology. 2011 May;40(3):103-104. doi: 10.1177/0094306110391764hhh

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