Planning Against the Political, Metzger, Jonathan

Автор: Brennan Jason
Название: Against Democracy
ISBN: 0691178496 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780691178493
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A bracingly provocative challenge to one of our most cherished ideas and institutions

Most people believe democracy is a uniquely just form of government. They believe people have the right to an equal share of political power. And they believe that political participation is good for us--it empowers us, helps us get what we want, and tends to make us smarter, more virtuous, and more caring for one another. These are some of our most cherished ideas about democracy. But Jason Brennan says they are all wrong.

In this trenchant book, Brennan argues that democracy should be judged by its results--and the results are not good enough. Just as defendants have a right to a fair trial, citizens have a right to competent government. But democracy is the rule of the ignorant and the irrational, and it all too often falls short. Furthermore, no one has a fundamental right to any share of political power, and exercising political power does most of us little good. On the contrary, a wide range of social science research shows that political participation and democratic deliberation actually tend to make people worse--more irrational, biased, and mean. Given this grim picture, Brennan argues that a new system of government--epistocracy, the rule of the knowledgeable--may be better than democracy, and that it's time to experiment and find out.

A challenging critique of democracy and the first sustained defense of the rule of the knowledgeable, Against Democracy is essential reading for scholars and students of politics across the disciplines.

Featuring a new preface that situates the book within the current political climate and discusses other alternatives beyond epistocracy, Against Democracy is a challenging critique of democracy and the first sustained defense of the rule of the knowledgeable.

Автор: Andrew R. Curtis
Название: Understanding UK Military Capability: From Strategy to Decision
ISBN: 1529229898 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781529229899
Издательство: Marston Book Services
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Описание: Who decides how to use the UK military budget and how can we be sure that the UK`s armed forces can meet the threats of tomorrow? This book provides the answers to these questions. Concentrating on decisions taken below the political level, it uncovers the factors that underpin the translation of strategic direction into military capability.

Автор: Hahnel, Robin
Название: Democratic economic planning
ISBN: 1032003324 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781032003320
Издательство: Taylor&Francis
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Описание: Democratic Economic Planning presents a concrete proposal for how to organize, carry out, and integrate comprehensive long-run development planning so as to maximize popular participation, distribute the burdens and benefits of economic activity fairly, achieve environmental sustainability, and use scarce productive resources efficiently.

Автор: Devine, Pat
Название: Democracy And Economic Planning
ISBN: 0367153122 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780367153120
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Описание: This book is a wide-ranging analysis of the nature of economic planning in both capitalist and statist societies. It seeks to establish an alternative to market forces as a means of coordinating decentralized economic decisions.

Автор: Ellman
Название: Socialist Planning
ISBN: 1107074738 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781107074736
Издательство: Cambridge Academ
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Описание: This is a fully updated textbook providing an overview of socialist planning, analysing the weaknesses of the system, the reasons for its disappearance and considering its legacy for the twenty-first century. It is an ideal text for undergraduate and graduate students taking courses in comparative economic systems and twentieth-century economic history.

Автор: Alan Chong, Nicole Jenne
Название: Asian Military Evolutions: Civil Military Relations in Asia
ISBN: 1529229316 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781529229318
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Описание: This book explores civil–military relations in Asia. With chapters on individual countries in the region, it provides a comprehensive account of the range of contemporary Asian practices under conditions of abridged democracy, soft authoritarianism or complete totalitarianism. Through its analysis, the book argues that civil–military relations in Asia ought to be examined under the concept of ‘Asian military evolutions’. It demonstrates that while Asian militaries have tried to incorporate standard, Western-derived frameworks of civil–military relations, it has been necessary to adapt such frameworks to suit local circumstances. The book reveals how this has in turn led to creative fusions and novel changes in making civil–military relations an asset to furthering national security objectives.

Название: Divided cities
ISBN: 9187675455 ISBN-13(EAN): 9789187675454
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Описание: Combining peace and conflict studies with public administration research, Divided Cities critically investigates the roles of public administration and civil servants in resolving issues that are potentially conflictual in divided societies.

Автор: Hahnel Robin
Название: Democratic Economic Planning
ISBN: 0367754789 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780367754785
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Описание: Democratic Economic Planning presents a concrete proposal for how to organize, carry out, and integrate comprehensive long-run development planning so as to maximize popular participation, distribute the burdens and benefits of economic activity fairly, achieve environmental sustainability, and use scarce productive resources efficiently.

Автор: Appelhans, Nadine
Название: Transport Planning and Mobility in Urban East Africa
ISBN: 0367637111 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780367637118
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Автор: Metzger, Jonathan
Название: Planning Against the Political
ISBN: 0415827701 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780415827706
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Автор: Ellman
Название: Socialist Planning
ISBN: 1107427320 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781107427327
Издательство: Cambridge Academ
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Описание: This is a fully updated textbook providing an overview of socialist planning, analysing the weaknesses of the system, the reasons for its disappearance and considering its legacy for the twenty-first century. It is an ideal text for undergraduate and graduate students taking courses in comparative economic systems and twentieth-century economic history.

Автор: Horn
Название: Indigenous Rights to the City
ISBN: 1138573582 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781138573581
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Описание: The book explains how medium and large cities of Latin America have attracted many people from the rural world during the last two decades, and how in the frame of such diaspora the indigenous peoples have also settled in the urban peripheries.