Political Design

The world is working exactly as designed. And it’s not working very well. Which means, we need to do a better job of designing it. Design is a craft with an amazing amount of power. The power to choose. The power to influence. As designers, we need to see ourselves as gatekeepers of what we are bringing into the world and what we choose not to bring into the world.

Analyzing the political and banking history of the United Kingdom, the United States, Canada, Mexico, and Brazil through several centuries, Fragile by Design demonstrates that chronic banking crises and scarce credit are not accidents due to unforeseen circumstances. Rather, these fluctuations result from the complex bargains made between politicians, bankers, bank shareholders, depositors, debtors, and taxpayers.

Against the backdrop of post-9/11 America, listeners are taken behind the scenes of some of the most important civil liberties cases in America. From the story of the "American Taliban" to the battle against the National Security Agency's warrantless spying program, In Defense of Our America tracks a roster of skirmishes in the larger fight for civil liberties in this country.

The Reid and Toles families are settling into their roles at the White House. President Candace Reid is grateful to have the counsel and support of close friends Alex and Cassidy Toles. Alex assumes a position as Deputy National Security Adviser. She searches to determine the cause of the Russian president’s death. Her brother, Jonathan Krause, continues to decrypt a data disc from a lab in Kaliningrad. And her partner, Claire Brackett, infiltrates the inner circle of a power broker in Poland. Candace juggles a complex agenda while supporting her children through life changes.

Political Research Design and the Science of Politics offers listeners detailed information about the basic principles and nuances of developing empirical research design procedures to predict and describe political phenomena. In chronicling the predominant approaches used in empirical political research, the strengths and limitations of various research strategies are contrasted. Major controversies in contemporary political science are discussed.

Lucas is an adventurer of the alternative. A seeker of the offbeat and unconventional discourses from the peripheries of society. He has been called “odd”, “fringe”, “eccentric” and “enigmatic”. Where will these attributes take the aspiring traverser of Terra Incognita? What motivates him? Why is there an ostensible war? Who is Earl Pierce?

Här kartlägger jag förutsättningarna för konstnärer, arrangörer och politiker att sätta konsten på kartan. En bok fylld av fakta och tips för konstnärer. En inblick bakom kulisserna för den konstälskande publiken. Funderingar och vägledning för konstföreningar, utställare och uppdragsgivare. Ett helhetsperspektiv för kulturpolitiker. Allt sprinklat via en personlig berättelse från en konstnär som vandrat från aningslös glad amatör till internationellt yrkesverksam konstnär.

Questionable police tactics didn't begin in 2014. The awareness and threats caused by aggressive police actions have recently changed, but they're not without precedent. A city manager has the inside story. Listen to Power Play, a story set in the 1970s when blind trust was too often the case: deceit, revenge, militaristic police, affected legal system, and gay tragedy; the end of the Hoover era, amidst the death throes of the Nixon debacle. The author has captured an era, depicting a battle for the soul of the Republic, at the local level.

誰だってコンサルタントにはなれる。これは間違いない。 僕もコンサル経験なしにコンサルができている。コンサルっていうのは、知識の 問題ではなくてスタンスの問題なんです。別の言い方をすれば、無理なコンサル と無理のないコンサルがあって、無理のないほうを選べば、誰だってコンサルで きる。アドバイスできるんですよ。ホントです。 ■偉そうにして自分を守る愚かさ たとえば、広告会社相手に、彼らの本業である広告のコンサルティングをしよう としたら、相当な覚悟が必要です。 専門家に専門領域を説くわけですから、最新の知見を提供しなければ納得しません し、間違いがあればすぐに見破られてしまう。これは辛い。辛そうで辛くない、では なくほんとに辛い。そのため、本人も過剰に防衛的になってしまいます。偉そうな雰 囲気を漂わせ、質問しにくい感じに振る舞う。偉そうにしている人は自信がない人で、 見る人が見ればすぐにバレてしまう。「ああ、無理してるな」と思うわけです。（本文より） 小山龍介の「ライフハック・ストリート」はこちらから→http://yakan-hiko.com/koyama.html

「都市集中型」か、「地方分散型」か。東京一極集中・地方衰退→格差拡大→財政は改善？
地方への人口分散→格差縮小・幸福感増大→財政は悪化？果たして、第3の道はあるのか。