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Benjamin Barber - Academic Specialization - Aristocracy of Everyone

Randall Szott wrote 3 weeks ago: From An Aristocracy of Everyone: The Politics of Education and the Future of America by Benjamin Bar … more →

Tags: academic, Education

The Decline and Rise of Public Space and the Banking Crisis

Andreas wrote 2 months ago: The attached video is a speech from a conference recently at the Hertie School of Government in Berl … more →

Tags: capitalism, Identity and Materialism, Cities and the Urban Future, alternative space, democracy, Public Space, film, Internet, individualism

Welcome to McWorld. May I have your order please?1 comment

Tina wrote 4 months ago: cokegirl12's photobucket stream I remember reading a book quite sometime ago; to be precise abou … more →

Tags: Current Affairs, Thoughts, Globalization, Jihad vs. McWorld, mcdonalds, McWorld, observations, uniform culture

Making the banks work for the people2 comments

jfistere wrote 4 months ago: The banks are about to get a second infusion of money to make them do what they were supposed to do … more →

Tags: Politics, Business, Loans, Mortgages, Banks, recovery, Vouchers, kpbs

Renaissance man

mauricemcleod wrote 5 months ago:  Political theorist, playwright, academic and NCVO Annual Conference keynote speaker Dr Benjamin Bar … more →

Tags: Civil Society, Current Issue, barak obama, Barber, civil responsibility, obama

I'll have what she's having

emilycampbell wrote 5 months ago: Leading service design company Live/Work have published a thoughtful article on their website today: … more →

Tags: Brands, Design Week, live/work, Personalisation, RSA Academy, Service Design, subjectivity in design

Benjamin Barber Outside The Box

stephencrose wrote 5 months ago: Well, I am thinking about it,  but not getting too far. But it is hard to discern any movement towar … more →

Tags: Politics, pattern language, recovery, Economics

Stemming the Tide of Globalization

worldpoliticsblog wrote 5 months ago: Every now and then, an event comes along which exemplifies perfectly a concept in international poli … more →

Tags: Goldstein International Relations 8/e, Goldstein International Relations Brief 4/e, Almond Comparative Politics Today 9/e, Almond Comparative Politics Today: ATF 5/e, Draper The Good Society, Danziger Understanding the Political World 9/e, Roskin IR 7/e, Roskin Countries and Concepts 10/e, Viotti International Relations and World Politics 4/e

Entering the New Frontier, There is no Turning Back1 comment

ishein1 wrote 5 months ago: by ishein1 As the first week of Obama’s presidency passes, a top priority, set forth prior to his … more →

Tags: Political, Economic and Urban Sociology, Collective Behaviour and Social Movements, Communication and Media, Organisations and Work, Culture, Sociology, democracy, obama, YouTube

Benjamin Barber Hits Nail on Head

stephencrose wrote 5 months ago: As it were. The crisis in global capitalism demands a revolution in spirit — fundamental chang … more →

Tags: Politics, Economic Crisis, President Obama, $4 gas, biting the bullet

January 09 Issue - Welcome1 comment

mauricemcleod wrote 6 months ago: The new year is a wonderful time to plan new beginnings, and this year is no exception. The inaugura … more →

Tags: Current Issue, barak obama, Barber, civil responsibility, Civil Society, Engage, engagement, obama, Social Responsibility

Benjamin Barber was right!

Mr Chia wrote 6 months ago: Guess what, Benjamin Barber was right! As I was on the MRT train that day, I noticed an interesting … more →

Tags: General, Jihad vs. McWorld

Reflections on the Mumbai Attacks1 comment

Mr Chia wrote 7 months ago: Mumbai is India’s most prosperous and successful city. Still, it became the victim of terror. … more →

Tags: General, Jihad vs. McWorld, Mumbai Attacks, Terrorism, 9/11, India, Mumbai Luxury Hotel

Consumed, by Benjamin Barber

Jeremy wrote 9 months ago: ‘Consumed: how markets corrupt children, infantilize adults, and swallow citizens whole’ … more →

Tags: consumerism, Globalisation, Books, Lifestyle, consumed, Jihad versus McWorld

Wednesday: Annotated Biblio-blography 10/01/08

phdmamas wrote 9 months ago: In light of recent financial news: an interesting review on the UK’s “The Spiked Review … more →

Tags: Annotated Biblio-blography, Books and Culture, consumerism, Happiness Project, PhdComics

The Credit Crunch Mess: What's Next?

streetlightmanifesto wrote 10 months ago: I’m just listening to this great radio 4 progam on the current crisis. I loved the question th … more →

Tags: Politics, neoliberalism, Economics, Global Economics, capitalism, The Future of Capitalism, credit crunch mess, current economic crisis, Jihad vs. McWorld

Political Violence: Jihad or McWorld?

worldpoliticsblog wrote 11 months ago: A series of apparently unrelated bombings hit a number of countries over the weekend:  In India, tw … more →

Tags: Goldstein International Relations 8/e, Goldstein International Relations Brief 4/e, Almond Comparative Politics Today 9/e, Almond Comparative Politics Today: ATF 5/e, Draper The Good Society, Danziger Understanding the Political World 9/e, Nye Understanding International Conflicts 7/e, Art/Jervis International Politics 9/e, Roskin IR 7/e

Too much choice?13 comments

kcross wrote 1 year ago: Don’t you love multi-tasking?  You can get so much more done if you do everything all at once: … more →

Tags: Society, Choice, attention spans


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