From the Journal of Public Deliberation, Alison Kadlec and Will Friedman (Public Agenda): Deliberative Democracy and the Problem of Power; David M. Ryfe (Nevada): Toward a Sociology of Deliberation; Peter Levine (Maryland) Rose Marie Nierras (Sussex): Activists’ Views of Deliberation; Renée A. Daugherty and Sue E. Williams (OSU): Applications of Public Deliberation: Themes Emerging from Twelve Personal Experiences Emanating from National Issues Forums Training.
Janette Hartz-Karp (Murdoch): How and Why Deliberative Democracy Enables Co-Intelligence and Brings Wisdom to Governance; Ted Becker (Auburn): How Deliberative Democracy May Keep Pseudo-Democracy, The New Rule by the Few, From Bungling Into Global Catastrophes; a review of Democracy as the Political Empowerment of the Citizen by Majid Behrouzi; a review of The Next Form of Democracy by Matt Leighninger; and a review of Saving Democracy: A Plan for Real Representation in America by Kevin O’Leary.
A new issue of Ephemera is out Immaterial and Affective Labour, including an introduction. From New & Letters, a review of The Theory of Revolution in the Young Marx by Michael Löwy; and an excerpt from Reclaiming Marx's Capital: A Refutation of the Myth of Inconsistency by Andrew Kliman. The Makhno myth: Jason Yanowitz looks that the myth and reality surrounding an anarchist hero of the Russian civil war.
From Inside Higher Ed, the more you pursue a higher education, the more likely you are to abandon your faith? That’s what conventional wisdom holds. Beyond the Walls of the Secular Cathedral: An interview with Greg Epstein, humanist chaplain of Harvard. If today’s students are to become good citizens of the world, they’ll need to be able to argue effectively.
You don't need to donate to charity to feel all warm inside. Researchers have found that even when money is taken from some people involuntarily, they feel good about the transaction, as long as the funds go to a good cause. Paying taxes is a pleasurable duty: It seems people enjoy parting with money more than they let on, a new study shows that giving away cash triggers a physiological reward.
