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By Guest Poster on July 25, 2010
During the election campaign, LP will be cross-posting selected items from the Centre for Policy Development’s discussion of policy issues, Thinking Points. Readers may also be interested in the CPD’s upcoming collection of policy ideas and priorities for the next [...]
Posted in Climate change, federal election 2010 | Tagged citizen assemblies, Climate change, CPD, deliberative democracy, Fiona Armstrong, Julia Gillard, Policy, Thinking Points |
By Kim on July 9, 2010
Tigtog has written an interesting and thoughtful post at Hoyden About Town, reflecting on a number of aspects of the way Julia Gillard’s rise to power, and her performance in her short time as PM, has been discussed. Of particular [...]
Posted in Politics | Tagged ALP, ALP policy, asylum seekers, Climate change, deliberative democracy, Federal Election 2010, gordon brown, governance, Guy Rundle, Hoyden About Town, Julia Gillard, Kevin Rudd, Labor, Labor Left, Labour, legitimacy, participatory democracy, public reason, tax, tigtog, UK politics |
By Mark Bahnisch on January 7, 2009
As Obama’s liberal supporters wait uneasily for January 20 to find out whether he really will use his post-partisan stance as a sweetener to implement progressive policy, Crooked Timber blogger and political scientist Henry Farrell has published a rather fascinating [...]
Posted in Activism, Blogging, Media, Philosophy, Sociology | Tagged barack obama, Blogging, blogosphere, deliberative democracy, Glenn Greenwald, Henry Farrell, internet activism, Jurgen Habermas, new media, partisanship, political blogging, political participation, political science, political sociology, public sphere, social media |
By Kim on September 3, 2008
As a bit of a follow up to the discussion on this post of the familial scandals confected or exploited about GOP Vice-Presidential nominee and Alaska Governor Sarah Palin, here’s two excellent and thought provoking pieces. First, Feminist Philosophers asks [...]
Posted in Activism, Blogging, Climate change, Culture, Economics, Ethics, Feminism, Foreign Elections, Health, Media, Parenting, Poverty, Sociology, USA, Women | Tagged american election 2008, barack obama, Blogging, blogosphere, Bristol Palin, celebrity politics, civic republicanism, Daily Kos, deliberation, deliberative democracy, democracy, Democratic Party, Democrats, Feminism, feminist blogging, GOP, John McCain, Naomi Wolf, netroots, online public sphere, political blogging, political scandals, public sphere, Rebecca Traister, Republican party, sarah palin, social justice, US election 2008, veep, vice-presidential candidate |
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