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Jörn Fritzenkötter • Democracy Needs Encounters - A Book Review
“monitorial citizenship” is a dominant form of citizenship in the modern age. Instead of expecting citizens to be interested in every aspect of politics or civics, Schudson argues, it’s more reasonable to ask them to monitor issues they’re concerned with and knowledgeable about.
Ethan Zuckerman • Mistrust: Why Losing Faith in Institutions Provides the Tools to Transform Them
modus vivendi
Jean Edward Smith • Eisenhower in War and Peace
Baker knew little about Johnson, he was to recall. “He was just another incoming freshman to me.” But by the end of the talk, he knew a lot more. Johnson, he was to recall, “came directly to the point. ‘I want to know who’s the power over there, how you get things done, the best committees, the works.’ For two hours, he peppered me with keen questi
... See moreRobert A. Caro • Master of the Senate: The Years of Lyndon Johnson III
a highly regulated bureaucracy routinely leads to a surprising behavior: nepotism.
Tim Kane • Bleeding Talent: How the US Military Mismanages Great Leaders and Why It's Time for a Revolution
religiously and racially pluralistic with freedom of religion for all.
Alan Dershowitz • The Case for Israel
institution that mattered. I have often said that if a dog were made the president of Yale, Yale would still get its money. This attitude had to change, and the most reliable way to make sure it changed was to increase the number of black people on company boards and in the higher echelons of corporate enterprises.