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1 online resource (xii, 293 pages) |
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Introduction / M.T. Witt & A.P. Kakabadse -- State Crimes Against Democracy: A Clarification of Connotations / J. Dixon, S. Spehr & J. Burke -- Normalizing the SCAD Heuristic / C. Hinson -- From a Fabric of Suspicion: The U.S. Constitution and Other Founding Dilemmas / L.deHaven-Smith -- Auditing Moral Hazards for the Post-Global Financial Crisis (GFC) Leadership / A. Kakabadse, A. Kouzmin, N.K. Kakabadse & N. Mouraviev -- Ideal Typing (in)visible Power in the Context of Oligarchic Isomorphisms / A. Kouzmin -- The Social Construction of Race, Inequality and the Invisible Role of the State / C. Jensen -- Unlimited & Unchecked Power: The Use of Secret Evidence Law / M.G. Alkadry -- American Military-Education Convergence: Designing the Failure of Public Education / R. Simnjanovski -- Privatising Vulnerability: The Downside to Shareholder-Value Maximization / N.K. Kakabadse & A. Kakabadse -- The Determination of Behavioural Patterns in Tourism Destinations through Terrorism: Lessons from Crete, Greece / N.V. Pappas -- Cultural Narratives, Early Occupy Movement, and the TEA Party: Are revolts against E-SCAD and SCAD / D.S Kuku-Siemons, J. Johannesson & H. Siemons -- SCAD Alert: Occupy Wall Street is to Capitalism what Labor Unions were to Communism -- a Systemic Contradiction that can be neither Swallowed nor Spit Out / M. Witt |
| Summary |
Notions that democracy is imperilled do not elicit much gainsaying these days. Diminished civil liberties chill dissent, from town hall meetings to full throated Occupy protests. Massive downsizing of state commitments to social wellbeing usher draconian austerity across continents, not to mention the 'inside jobs' of banking scandals keyed to global financial collapse. World problems like population growth, species extinction and global warming now defy the very best our current institutions can muster on a competent day. Meanwhile, in synch with Henry David Thoreau, 'There are a thousand hacking at the branches of evil to one who is hacking at the root.' This volume is intended for the curious and judicious hackers at evil wishing to know how global institutions have been rigged to divest democracy of its demos, and what current global circumstances now beckon of the 99% who need to pay attention |
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"Notions that democracy is imperilled do not elicit much gainsaying these days. Diminished civil liberties chill dissent, from town hall meetings to full throated Occupy protests. Massive downsizing of state commitments to social wellbeing usher draconian austerity across continents, not to mention the "inside jobs" of banking scandals keyed to global financial collapse. World problems like population growth, species extinction and global warming now defy the very best our current institutions can muster on a competent day. Meanwhile, in synch with Henry David Thoreau, "There are a thousand hacking at the branches of evil to one who is hacking at the root." This volume is intended for the curious and judicious hackers at evil wishing to know how global institutions have been rigged to divest democracy of its demos, and what current global circumstances now beckon of the 99% who need to pay attention."--Publisher's website |
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Includes bibliographical references and index |
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English |
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Print version record |
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Political corruption -- United States.
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Conspiracy -- United States
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Democracy -- United States
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Society & social sciences.
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Politics & government.
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International business.
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TRUE CRIME -- General.
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Society.
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Conspiracy
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Democracy
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Political corruption
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United States
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Electronic book
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| Author |
Kouzmin, Alexander
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Witt, Matthew
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Kakabadse, Andrew
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| ISBN |
9781137286987 |
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1137286989 |
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