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Beatrice Keyzer-Pollard

The road to e-democracy | The Economist - 34 views

www.economist.com/10638222

shared by Beatrice Keyzer-Pollard on 02 Dec 12 - No Cached
  • The road to e-democracy
    • jake cohen
      jake cohen on 04 Dec 12
       
      is e-democracy online democracy?
    • Katy Field
      Katy Field on 04 Dec 12
       
      Yes- like email means "electronic mail," e-democracy means doing democracy online (like citizens using their 1st amendment rights to debate, discuss, and figure out policy ideas they like)
  • When each side has heavier ammunition, the battle rages on.
    • solomon key
      solomon key on 04 Dec 12
       
      what does this mean
    • Katy Field
      Katy Field on 04 Dec 12
       
      The author is making a claim that the increased access to information about politicians doesn't really help one politician more than another because those who support a candidate have just as much info as those who support someone else, so people keep arguing- there's just more info to argue with.
  • That is reason for disappointment, but also for hope.
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  • That allowed him to send text messages, bypassing the local media which are cosily tied to the established parties.
  • jargon of government technology
    • Beatrice Keyzer-Pollard
      Beatrice Keyzer-Pollard on 04 Dec 12
       
      What does this mean?
    • Katy Field
      Katy Field on 04 Dec 12
       
      the whole sentence is saying that the term "citoyen" is used as a label for engaged citizens online. Jargon means "funky words" that people in a particular group use (in this case, those in gov't using tech)
  • But the effects tend to cancel each other out.
    • solomon key
      solomon key on 04 Dec 12
       
      what does this mean?
    • Katy Field
      Katy Field on 04 Dec 12
       
      See comment above on this same sentence
  • decentralisation
  • Katy Field on 02 Dec 12
     
    Unit 3 Reading #1
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  • Roshnee Sharma on 02 Dec 12
     
    What are the parameters for section 1?
  • jake cohen on 04 Dec 12
     
    Unit 3 Reading #1
  • solomon key on 04 Dec 12
     
    Unit 3 Reading #1
Katy Field

Think Again: Sovereignty - By Stephen D. Krasner | Foreign Policy - 111 views

www.foreignpolicy.com/...think_again_sovereignty

sovereignty treaty of westphalia krasner

shared by Katy Field on 20 Aug 12 - No Cached
  • Sovereignty was never quite as vibrant as many contemporary observers suggest.
    • Katy Field
      Katy Field on 28 Aug 12
       
      Reading Tip: the first or second sentence of a paragraph is usually the topic sentence. That means it will give you the main idea for that paragraph (the evidence or explanation will follow). In order to get better at taking fewer (but more useful) notes, try reading the entire paragraph without stopping to take notes, then try to paraphrase the main point. If you can't do it- look back at the first sentence again.
  • While the great powers of Europe have eschewed many elements of sovereignty, the United States, China, and Japan have neither the interest nor the inclination to abandon their usually effective claims to domestic autonomy.
  • Although sovereignty might provide little more than international recognition,
  • Hunter Yarbro on 07 Sep 12
     
    Just read page 5 and i barel have any notes because i didnt really know what to write about. Any tips?
jake cohen

Corporate lobbying: The Chamber of Secrets | The Economist - 38 views

www.economist.com/21553020

shared by jake cohen on 04 Dec 12 - No Cached
  • When he arrived, only a quarter of Fortune 1,000 companies were members, with many of them paying paltry dues. Today most are, and they part with generous sums. Bosses admire the Chamber as a gutsy advocate for business at a time when free markets are besieged.
    • Katy Field
      Katy Field on 04 Dec 12
       
      Read through here for HW quiz #5
  • “We're the reinsurance industry for individual industry associations and state chambers of commerce and people of that nature.” When industries are on the back foot, as Wall Street was in 2008, “they'll come to us and say, ‘Can we collect our reinsurance?' ” He added: “I want to give [members] all the deniability they need.”
    • Alan Fox
      Alan Fox on 04 Dec 12
       
      I dont really understand this.
  • Katy Field on 04 Dec 12
     
    Unit 3 Article 2 (split into 5 parts)
Katy Field

http://www.un.org/rights/dpi1627e.htm - 52 views

www.un.org/dpi1627e.htm

human rights justice unit reading

shared by Katy Field on 12 Oct 12 - Cached
  • Katy Field on 12 Oct 12
     
    Each section divided by a subsection heading is a "part" including the introduction, which should be considered "Part 1"
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