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Europe’s new politics of hard times
The gains of the far right in the European elections mean a revival not of fascism, but of populism – which is unable to transform people’s anger and mistrust into a new political vision.
Christopher Bickerton,
Le monde diplomatique, July 2009
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A New Politics of the Common Good
Sandel makes the case for a moral and civic renewal in democratic politics. Recorded at George Washington University in Washington DC, he calls for a new politics of the common good and says that we need to think of ourselves as citizens, not just consumers.
Michael Sandel ,
BBC Radio 4, 4 July 2009
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A New Politics of the Common Good
Sandel makes the case for a moral and civic renewal in democratic politics. Recorded at George Washington University in Washington DC, he calls for a new politics of the common good and says that we need to think of ourselves as citizens, not just consumers.
Michael Sandel,
BBC Radio 4, 4 July 2009
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Attention Please
Attention Please is a photobook of unnecessary, absurd and patronising safety warnings in public space, submitted to us by members of the public over 2008-9.
Manifesto Club, 1 July 2009
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Nudge Nudge, Think Think: Two Strategies for Changing Civic Behaviour
To be a successful practitioner of 'nudge' it appears you might need to understand what makes deliberation work and to be an effective practitioner of 'think' you may need to understand the dynamics of 'nudge'.
Peter John, Graham Smith and Gerry Stoker,
The Political Quarterly, July 2009
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False Start in South Africa
Despite the lessons supposedly learnt and the anc’s heady promises in 1994, there has been a false start of extraordinary proportions in the continent’s most developed state.
RW Johnson,
New Left Review, July 2009
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