Benjamin R. Barber (August 2, 1939 – April 24, 2017) was an American political theorist and author, perhaps best known for his 1995 bestseller, Jihad vs. McWorld, and for 2013's If Mayors Ruled the World as well as the classic of democratic theory, 1984's Strong Democracy (revised in 2004). He became a top-level international consultant on participatory democracy as well as an adviser to Bill Clinton and Howard Dean.
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Walt Whitman Professor Emeritus at Rutgers University (1939–2017)
| Born | 2 Aug 1939 |
| Died | 24 Apr 2017 |
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Walt Whitman Professor Emeritus at Rutgers University (1939–2017)
| Born | 2 Aug 1939 |
| Died | 24 Apr 2017 |
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Democracy, Capitalism, Démocratie, History, Liberalism, Political participation, Case studies, Child consumers, Consumer behavior, Consumption (Economics), Demokratie, Globalization, Mass society, Materialism, New York Times reviewed, Political science, Social aspects, Social conditions, Struggle for democracy (Television program), Terrorisme, United states, social conditions, 1980-, Addresses, essays, lectures, Aims and objectives, American literature, AnarchismPeople
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