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Chasing Innovation : Making Entrepreneurial Citizens in Modern India
A vivid look at how India has developed the idea of entrepreneurial citizens as leaders mobilizing society and how people try to live that promiseCan entrepreneurs develop a nation, serve the poor, and pursue creative freedom, all while generating economic value?In Chasing Innovation, Lilly Irani shows the contradictions that arise as designers, engineers, and businesspeople frame development and governance as opportunities to innovate.Irani documents the rise of "entrepreneurial citizenship" in India over the past seventy years, demonstrating how a global ethos of development through design has come to shape state policy, economic investment, and the middle class in one of the world’s fastest-growing nations. Drawing on her own professional experience as a Silicon Valley designer and nearly a decade of fieldwork following a Delhi design studio, Irani vividly chronicles the practices and mindsets that hold up professional design as the answer to the challenges of a country of more than one billion people, most of whom are poor.While discussions of entrepreneurial citizenship promise that Indian children can grow up to lead a nation aspiring to uplift the poor, in reality, social, economic, and political structures constrain whose enterprise, which hopes, and which needs can be seen as worthy of investment.In the process, Irani warns, powerful investors, philanthropies, and companies exploit citizens' social relations, empathy, and political hope in the quest to generate economic value.Irani argues that the move to recast social change as innovation, with innovators as heroes, frames others—craftspeople, workers, and activists—as of lower value, or even dangers to entrepreneurial forms of development. With meticulous historical context and compelling stories, Chasing Innovation lays bare how long-standing power hierarchies such as class, caste, language, and colonialism continue to shape opportunity in a world where good ideas supposedly rule all.
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Dual Citizens
A window into sixty years of evangelical political engagementAmerican evangelicals are often assumed to be a monolithic political force absolutely unified in their priorities.This collection of articles from Christianity Today originally published between 1956 and 2016 tells a different story.Evangelical engagement with politics has been more complex than is often remembered.Dual Citizens reveals a variety of evangelical thought towards political developments over the past few decades. In Dual Citizens, Timothy D. Padgett has collected a number of articles that traces a variety of perspectives in evangelical political thought, giving a more nuanced understanding of how American evangelicals have acted politically over the past decades.These essential articles provide insight into our current situation and preserve the wrestling and wisdom of the past for the benefit of the future.
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Innovation in the Public Sector : Smarter States, Services and Citizens
The book discusses smart governments and innovation in the public sector.In hopes of arriving at a clear definition of innovation in the field of public administration, the volume provides a wide survey of global policies and practices, especially those aimed at reducing bureaucracy and using information-communication technologies in public service delivery.Chapters look at current applications across countries and multiple levels of government, from public innovation labs in the UK to AI in South Korea.Providing concrete examples of innovation culture at work in public institutions, this volume will be of use to researchers and students studying new public management, public service delivery, and innovation as well as practitioners and professionals working in various public agencies.
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Model Citizens
'It has the pace and dynamism of a thriller, the metaphysical curiosity of the best science fiction and some judiciously-planted charges of wry humour' The Herald 'A dazzling novel' Edmund Gordon, award-winning authorAnd how to tell what the best things were?Well, that was easy: the best things were the ones with the most people looking at them. Alastair Buchanan has a comfortable life. It's been a year since he received his very own junior - a clone designed to help him escape the daily grind.So why does Alastair spend his days alone, online, obsessing over his status?When his long-term girlfriend Caitlin can't take it anymore, Alastair does his best to hold it together.But then, a remnant from his past appears and he is forced to confront the level of control that technology has over his life. Elsewhere, an anti-tech terrorist cell dedicated to yanking humanity back to the 1990s is building momentum. And looming over everyone is Kim Larson, inventor of the juniors.But when Kim realises that humanity's future lies in the stars, who will be left to hold him to account?From award-winning author Daniel Shand, Model Citizens explores a surreal world peopled by humans struggling with their dehumanising present.Full of suspense, it asks us what we give up when we exist online, and who we can trust to take care of us.Model Citizens is a subversive and darkly comic story of class, technology, and responsibility, offering a vision of the future that may be closer than we realise.
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Citizens of Boomtown
Prepare your safety pins and spiky haircuts because The Boomtown Rats are back with their first studio album in 36 years, "Citizens Of Boomtown." This cheeky, irreverent record sees the band embracing their punk roots with gusto, delivering a mix of rebellious anthems that will have you pogoing in your living room. From the opening track "Trash Glam Baby," lead singer Bob Geldof's sneering vocals bring a sense of urgency and defiance that is sure to resonate with long-time fans and newcomers alike. The band's signature blend of punk energy and pop sensibility is on full display, with catchy hooks and infectious melodies that will have you humming along in no time. Tracks like "Monster Monkeys" and "Here's A Postcard" showcase the band's ability to tackle serious subjects with a dose of dark humor, while "Sweet Thing" offers a more laid-back, introspective moment that adds depth to the album. The production is slick and modern, without sacrificing the raw edge that made The Boomtown Rats stand out in their heyday. Overall, "Citizens Of Boomtown" is a welcome return for a band that hasn't lost a step. Whether you're a die-hard fan or a casual listener, this album is sure to get your blood pumping and your feet moving. So grab your safety pins and get ready to join the citizens of Boomtown on their latest musical adventure.
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Responsible Citizens, Irresponsible States : Should Citizens Pay for Their States' Wrongdoings?
States are often held responsible for their wrongdoings.States pay compensation for their unjust wars, as did Iraq in the aftermath of its invasion of Kuwait.States pay reparations for their historical wrongdoings, as did Chile to the victims of the Pinochet Regime, or Germany to Israel and other countries because of the Holocaust.Some argue that they should pay punitive damages for their international crimes as well.But state responsibility has a troubling feature: states are corporate agents, comprising flesh and blood citizens.When they turn to the public purse to finance their corporate liabilities, it is their citizens who pay the price.Even citizens who protested against their state's policies, did not know about them, or had no influence on policy makers end up sharing the burden.Why should these citizens pay for their state's wrongdoings, if they don't carry the blame?Responsible Citizens, Irresponsible States develops a fresh justification for citizens' duties to share the burden of their state's wrongdoings.This justification revolves around citizens' participation in their state: drawing on recent debates in the philosophy of collective action, Avia Pasternak shows that citizens are acting together in their state and that their state policies are the product of this collective action.Given this participation, citizens ought to share the burden of remedying harmful wrongs their state policies bring about.However, she also argues that not all citizens in all states are participating in their state.In many authoritarian states, citizens' participation in the state is highly restricted or coerced.Here, ordinary citizens do not share responsibility for their state policies and should not be forced to pay for them.These conclusions carry significant real-world implications for the way domestic international law holds various types of states, and their citizens, responsible for their wrongdoings.This work is essential for political theorists and philosophers grappling with citizen responsibility and duty.
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Pseudolaw and Sovereign Citizens
Can you avoid any law you do not consent to? Can you avoid paying taxes by declaring yourself sovereign?Do courts operate under admiralty or maritime law? No. But welcome to the strange world of pseudolaw. This is the first-ever edited volume solely dedicated to examining pseudolaw and its most prominent adherents, sovereign citizens.Drawing on the expertise of judges, criminologists, legal theorists and political sociologists, this collection offers insights into the global growth and alarming adaptability of pseudolaw.While it might be tempting to laugh at the ridiculousness of pseudolaw, it is a serious matter.People who make these claims rob themselves of meaningful legal opportunities and impose great costs to themselves, the administration of justice, and the community.Pseudolaw is also linked to violent extremism and indicative of growing social insecurity. Part I offers ways to analyse and differentiate pseudolaw from other forms of conspiracy ideation and fringe legal interpretation.Part II examines the rise of sovereign citizens and the global spread of pseudolaw.Part III explores contemporary issues arising from pseudolaw, including the rise of far-right extremism, lay-persons in judicial proceedings, fake claims of indigeneity, and fraudulent ‘get out of jail’ schemes.It concludes by considering how we can respond to this phenomenon.
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Empowering Citizens, Engaging the Public : Political Science for the 21st Century
This book is the first comprehensive study to respond to the ongoing debates on political sciences’ fragmentation, doubtful relevance, and disconnect with the larger public.It explores the implications of the argument that political science ought to become more topic-driven, more relevant and more comprehensible for "lay" audiences.Consequences would include evolving a culture of public engagement, challenging tendencies toward liars’ rule, and emphasizing the role of “large” themes in academic education and research, the latter being identified as those areas where severe democratic erosion is occurring – such as escalating income and wealth disparities pushing democracy towards plutocracy, ubiquitous change triggering insecurity and aggression, racist prejudice polarizing societies, and counter-terrorism strategies subverting civil liberties.Political science needs to address these pressing problems ahead of other issues by in-depth research andbroadly accessible public narratives, including solution-orientated normative notions.This need provides the final justification for evolving a discipline where problems would take priority over methods and public relevance over sophisticated specialization.
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