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Social Capitalism
“The role of social capital became obvious during the pandemic, which has fallen hardest on those countries and communities with the least amount of mutual trust and solidarity. With many of the crisis-era changes in working arrangements likely to persist, social connections will hold the key to future growth” (d Campanella, 2021).
America Needs to Empower Workers Again
“The political environment that gave anti-union employers a free hand may be changing — the decline of unionization was, above all, political, not a necessary consequence of a changing economy. And America needs a union revival if we’re to have any hope of reversing spiraling inequality” (Paul Krugman, 2021).
How Authoritarians Turn Rural Areas Into Their Strongholds
“Most authoritarian governments seek first and foremost to entrench their power. These governments would rather control their rural populations than see them thrive and become autonomous. For authoritarians, land reform is a convenient tool to destroy rival elites in the countryside while entangling rural workers in the tentacles of authoritarian influence” (Michael Albertus, 2021).
The Limits of Political Debate
“I.B.M. taught a machine to debate policy questions. What can it teach us about the limits of rhetorical persuasion?” (Benjamin Wallace-Wells, 2021).
A Theoretical Model of How Digital Platforms for Public Consultation Can Leverage Deliberation to Boost Democratic Legitimacy
This article examines online civic platforms and civic tech, “public participation, deliberative quality, decision quality, government responsiveness, institutional legitimacy, and opportunities for empowered public engagement” (Gastil 2021).
The Rise of Insurgent Europeanism
“Civil society in Europe and its attitudes towards the European project have changed dramatically in the past decade of multiple crises. This study mapped, tracked and monitored developments in European civil society from 2018 to 2020, revealing the nature and implications of these changes” (Cooper, Dunin-Wąsowicz, Kaldor, Milanese, Rangelov, 2021).
The Importance of Democracy
This article explores “What exactly is meant when people say ‘democracy’? Why is it assumed democracy should be the preferred form of government in the world? How does it compare to other models for political organization?” and the widespread understanding that “democracy is under threat” (Wallace et al., 2021).
The Mother of News Stories
“An issue as consequential as climate change demands far more independent reporting than it is currently receiving. Without hard-hitting, accurate, and compelling reporting and analysis of the problem, voters will not understand it, let alone demand solutions from the policymakers who can mobilize the resources needed to confront it” (Kortenhorst 2021).
China Has an Image Problem—but Knows How to Fix It
“Around the world, unfavorable views of China have reached unprecedented heights in the last year, with the percentage of individuals having no confidence in Chinese leadership to “do the right thing” in world affairs rising by more than 15 percent across countries like Australia, Germany, Italy, the Netherlands, and the United Kingdom” (Brian Y. S. Wong, 2021).
The Mission-Oriented Government
“Instead of having an industrial strategy that is a list of sectors it’s going to give subsidies to... the question should be: What are the problems you’re facing...and then work backward to figure out how all sectors and actors in the economy (public, private, non-profit) can help deliver solutions” (Gilman and Mazzucato, 2021).
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