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According to Putnam, the more we prioritize our private bubbles over public life, the more we disconnect from our local surroundings. This has weakened American democracy. Fewer people are engaged in politics, and those who do are often at the political poles. With less social capital, our neighborhoods are connected by fewer informal, reciprocal t... See more
When we do, we assume the politicians are clients in a patron–client relationship, and we assume their obligations will cloud their impartial judgment.
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Parties with more alternatives and lower needs have the most power.
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Were evangelicals embracing an increasingly militant faith in response to a new threat from the Islamic world? Or were they creating the perception of threat to justify their own militancy and enhance their own power, individually and collectively?
Kristin Kobes Du Mez • Jesus and John Wayne: How White Evangelicals Corrupted a Faith and Fractured a Nation
But it also seems clear that reinforcing local community structures should not be the only approach. So many towns and neighborhoods in the United States are effectively mini-one-party states. With the demographic sorting that has taken place over the last 40 years, focusing our attention primarily on local politics and participation in local decis... See more
Alex Pentland • Rediscovering the Pleasures of Pluralism: The Potential of Digitally Mediated Civic Participation — Digitalist Papers
Social Conservatism for the Common Good: A Protestant Engagement with Robert P. George
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