Political Science 1020E Lecture Notes - Lecture 7: Stupid White Men, The Grunt, The Political Quarterly
4 Feb 2016
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Gerry stoker, explaining political disenchantment: finding pathways to democratic. Decline in voter turnout and a lack of membership in political parties. Michael moore us is run by stupid white men who manipulate elections and don"t care about the little people . David beetham government is tied too closely to big business. Manual castells globalization has created a crisis of inadequate political institutions. Bob putnam lack of identifiable civic culture. As a form of collective decision making politics is, even in a democracy, a centralized form of decision making compared to market-based alternatives (p. Works through a complex process of mutual discussion and agreement and is often a what is second best rather than what is the best available option. Politics involves two brutally hard skills listening carefully and maintaining a certain resilience when things don"t go your way. Now, most of the real politics is done in a space where citizens are spectators.
