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Green is very present in postmodern academic thinking, in nonprofits, and among social workers and community activists.
Frederic Laloux • Reinventing Organizations: A Guide to Creating Organizations Inspired by the Next Stage of Human Consciousness
les Grandes Démocraties ont visiblement perdu toute confiance dans l’efficacité des anciennes méthodes démocratiques de travail et de gouvernement. On peut être sûr que c’est parmi leurs anciens adversaires, dont elles apprécient l’esprit de discipline, qu’elles recruteront bientôt leurs principaux collaborateurs ; elles n’ont que faire des
... See moreGeorges Bernanos • La France contre les robots (French Edition)
strong Republicans, Trump-approving respondents, and self-described conservatives are the most likely to behave like party loyalists and simply accept the Trump cue—in either direction.” When Trump promoted a conservative position, his supporters agreed. When Trump adopted a more liberal position, they agreed.
Robert Faris • Network Propaganda: Manipulation, Disinformation, and Radicalization in American Politics
Yale political scientist Charles Lindblom, concluded his magisterial Politics and Markets in 1977 with the observation that “the large private corporation fits oddly into democratic theory and vision. Indeed, it does not fit” (emphasis added). Until democratized internally, stripped of legal “personhood,” and rendered publicly accountable, large
... See moreThe Worldwatch Institute • State of the World 2013: Is Sustainability Still Possible?
Si on reprend le mood américain7, plusieurs épisodes de la vie politique de ce pays s’éclairent alors sous un autre jour. L’élection de Ronald Reagan a été très souvent interprétée comme le triomphe de la communication politique. De fait, cet ancien acteur de cinéma a initié une rupture dans la manière de mobiliser les médias télévisés, de se
... See moreVincent Tiberj • La droitisation française, mythe et réalités (French Edition)
even to political psychologists the public’s democratic shortcomings are cause for consternation no matter how well explained psychologically, suggesting some lingering desire for the normative standard of rational deliberation and well-informed political decisions.
Oxford University Press • The Oxford Handbook of Political Psychology (OXFORD HANDBOOKS SERIES)
As I observed more than once at Facebook, and as I imagine is the case in all organizations from business to government, high-level decisions that affected thousands of people and billions in revenue would be made on gut feel, the residue of whatever historical politics were in play, and the ability to cater persuasive messages to people either
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