Samuel Huntington
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Ampersand is a way to understand identity — African-Americans and other (hyphenated identities) which identify strongly with the backside of the hyphen. This is not necessarily the case with ampersands (i.e. duel citizens).
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Democracy is procedural, that is, democracy is democratic to the extent that its most powerful collective decision-makers are selected through fair, honest and periodic elections in which candidates clearly compete for votes and in which virtually all the adult population is eligible to vote.