Traffic In Democracy
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Traffic In Democracy
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Author : Michael Sorkin
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1997
Traffic In Democracy written by Michael Sorkin and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1997 with History categories.
May All Your Traffic Lights Be Green
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Author : Michael Mathiesen
language : en
Publisher: CreateSpace
Release Date : 2014-11-29
May All Your Traffic Lights Be Green written by Michael Mathiesen and has been published by CreateSpace this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2014-11-29 with categories.
What if all the Traffic Lights you encounter for the rest of your life would always turn to Green as you approached the intersection? First of all - you would think it was your lucky day. Next, you'd wonder how they did that. Next you'd wonder why the government couldn't do more things right like this. This book is not really about how to get all your traffic lights to go Green as you approach, but is a road map to how to make all the government rules and regulations work for us at all times, not only in the way that our Traffic Lights work. In the age of small and cheap computer chips, it's actually quite easy to make all the traffic lights to accommodate a more efficient flow of traffic thus saving America millions of barrels of oil per day and saving you the driver hundreds of dollars a year and with far less frustration as you maneuver through the traffic. The author explains that the only reason our traffic system is so broken is because decisions about what to do for the average citizen and how to do them is left in the hands of the few and the bribed. Could there be a better way so that all of our traffic lights turn green as we approached the intersections, but more importantly every aspect of our lives might be improved by using a new approach to democracy, putting the technology of the Internet to work for us and VOTING ONLINE in what would be the world's first Direct Democracy. This book also details the one major over-arching solution to all the world's problems - putting all or most of our decision-making on the Internet where the majority of us can vote directly on simple solutions like this one, making traffic lights stay green longer. That's just the beginning of what we can do - if we want to. This book has many more examples of how and why we can and must use our technical know-how to save lives, save money, save time, save our country and then later the world.
Snarl
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Author : Ruth A. Miller
language : en
Publisher: University of Michigan Press
Release Date : 2013-11-13
Snarl written by Ruth A. Miller and has been published by University of Michigan Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2013-11-13 with Political Science categories.
Ruth A. Miller excavates a centuries-old history of nonhuman and nonbiological constitutional engagement and outlines a robust mechanical democracy that challenges existing theories of liberal and human political participation. Drawing on an eclectic set of legal, political, and automotive texts from France, Turkey, and the United States, she proposes a radical mechanical re-articulation of three of the most basic principles of democracy: vitality, mobility, and liberty. Rather than defending a grand theory of materialist or posthumanist politics, or addressing abstract concepts or “things” writ large, Miller invites readers into a self-contained history of constitutionalism situated in a focused discussion of automobile traffic congestion in Paris, Istanbul, and Boston. Within the mechanical public sphere created by automotive space, Snarl finds a model of democratic politics that transforms our most fundamental assumptions about the nature, and constitutional potential, of life, movement, and freedom.
Public Policy And Political Institutions
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Author : Frank Hendriks
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1999
Public Policy And Political Institutions written by Frank Hendriks and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1999 with Business & Economics categories.
To explore the impact of the new institutionalism in political science and public administration on "policy cultures," Hendriks (public administration, Tilburg U., the Netherlands) presents a comparative cultural-institutional analysis of traffic policy-making in Birmingham, UK and Munich, Germany. He provides evidence that political institutions influence the interaction between diverse views on car use policy issues, which in turn serve as vehicles (pun intended) shaping the course that policy processes take; and advocates "mobilizing bias" for policy-oriented learning in pluralistic democracies. Includes 1992 maps of the metropolitan area's road network for Birmingham and Munich, and maps of their respective city center roads. This is a translated, revised edition of the author's doctoral thesis (Rijksuniversiteit, Leiden, 1996). Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR
The Myth Of Digital Democracy
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Author : Matthew Hindman
language : en
Publisher: Princeton University Press
Release Date : 2009
The Myth Of Digital Democracy written by Matthew Hindman and has been published by Princeton University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2009 with Computers categories.
Matthew Hindman reveals here that, contrary to popular belief, the Internet has done little to broaden political discourse in the United States, but rather that it empowers a small set of elites - some new, but most familiar.
Lived Democracy In Education
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Author : Rune Herheim
language : en
Publisher: Taylor & Francis
Release Date : 2021-11-25
Lived Democracy In Education written by Rune Herheim and has been published by Taylor & Francis this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2021-11-25 with Education categories.
This book outlines the notion of ‘lived democracy in education’, bringing together interdisciplinary educational research on young citizens’ democratic practices in kindergartens, schools, and teacher education. Presenting both theoretical and empirical studies, and drawing on a variety of approaches, the book investigates participatory education practices where young learners are given the opportunity to influence a course of action or a discussion through expressing arguments, information and critique. Lived democracy in education is understood as opportunities for young learners to influence a decision or line of thought through enacting the values of freedom of speech and equality, and the book shows how such opportunities can be positioned in educational practices. Chapters also investigate what kind of pedagogical situations promote lived democracy and what qualities are present in these situations. The book will be of interest to academics, researchers, graduate students and post-graduate students in the fields of educational theory, educational philosophy and democracy in education concerning several school subjects.
Stuck In Traffic
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Author : Anthony Downs
language : en
Publisher: Brookings Institution Press
Release Date : 2000-07-26
Stuck In Traffic written by Anthony Downs and has been published by Brookings Institution Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2000-07-26 with Business & Economics categories.
A Brookings Institution Press and Lincoln Institute of Land Policy publication Peak-hour traffic congestion has become a major problem in most U.S. cities. In fact, a majority of residents in metropolitan and suburban areas consider congestion their most serious local problem. As citizens have become increasingly frustrated by repeated traffic delays that cost them money and waste time, congestion has become an important factor affecting local government policies in many parts of the nation. In this new book, Anthony Downs looks at the causes of worsening traffic congestion, especially in suburban areas, and considers the possible remedies. He analyzes the specific advantages and disadvantages of every major strategy that has been proposed to reduce congestion. In nontechnical language, he focuses on two central issues: the relationships between land-use and traffic flow in rapidly growing areas, and whether local policies can effectively reduce congestion or if more regional approaches are necessary. In rapidly growing parts of the country, congestion is worse than it was five or ten years ago. But Downs notes that the problem has apparently not yet become bad enough to stimulate effective responses. Neither government officials nor citizens seem willing to consider changing the behavior and public policies that cause congestion. To alleviate the problem, both groups must be prepared to make these fundamental changes. Selected by Choice as an Outstanding Book of 1992
Congestion Taxes In City Traffic
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Author : Anders Gullberg
language : en
Publisher: Nordic Academic Press
Release Date : 2009-01-08
Congestion Taxes In City Traffic written by Anders Gullberg and has been published by Nordic Academic Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2009-01-08 with Political Science categories.
An examination into Stockholm's seven-month-long trial period with congestion taxes, this collection of articles analyzes the political and administrative processes of the first Swedish congestion experiment and its aftermath. Describing the preoccupations, hopes, and impressions that came along with the trial period and how feelings fluctuated among the inhabitants of Stockholm before, during, and after the trial, this study provide tools for avoiding the pitfalls, with hopes that the successes of the Stockholm Trial will be repeated in other contexts.
Rationality And Power
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Author : Bent Flyvbjerg
language : en
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
Release Date : 1998-02-28
Rationality And Power written by Bent Flyvbjerg and has been published by University of Chicago Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1998-02-28 with Philosophy categories.
In the Enlightenment tradition, rationality is considered well-defined. However, the author of this study argues that rationality is context-dependent, and that the crucial context is determined by decision-makers' political power. He uses a real-world Danish project to illustrate this theory.
Making Democracy Work Better
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Author : Richard A. Couto
language : en
Publisher: UNC Press Books
Release Date : 2003-07-11
Making Democracy Work Better written by Richard A. Couto and has been published by UNC Press Books this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2003-07-11 with Political Science categories.
The decade of the 1980s marked a triumph for market capitalism. As politicians of all stripes sought to reinvent government in the image of private enterprise, they looked to the voluntary sector for allies to assuage the human costs of reductions in public policies of social welfare. This book details the "savage side" of market capitalism in Appalachia and explains the social, political, and economic roles that mediating structures play in mitigating it. Profiling the work of twenty-three such mediating structures--community-based organizations that battled to provide social safety nets, fight environmental assaults, and upgrade the education and job skills of Appalachian residents--Richard Couto distills the practical lessons to be found in their successes and shortcomings. Couto argues that a broader set of democratic dimensions be used in taking the measure of civil society and public policy in the twenty-first century. He shows that mediating structures promote the democratic prospect of reduced inequality and increased communal bonds when they provide and advocate for new forms and increased amounts of social capital--the public goods and moral resources that we invest in one another as members of a community.