Even if you only watched movie versions of his books (which is the case for me, I only started reading Satantango a while ago) you really get the sense of his contemporary relevance: depicting, how easily order and humanity can collectively break down, but despite that, individual dignity can remain

Anton Pelinka und Claus Offe. Ein trauriger Tag für die Politik- und Gesellschaftswissenschaften.

... But I think neither citizens do or will regard CA participants as their representatives, nor do CA participants regard themselves that way (they are representatives of their own life only). Thus, CAs (particularly in the age of social media) are not the answer to our democratic trust crisis.

...installment, which is brilliant. But the exit polls also indicate that the assembly barely affected people's decisions (www.rte.ie/documents/ne... p.105). I belief randomly selected CAs can be a brilliant participation tool to source input from a diverse crowd, leading to better policies ...

Great episode! David asking all the right questions and Claudia answering highly competently. Though, I'd be a bit more cautious on the prospect of CAs. We often use the Irish citizens assembly as a best practice, and Claudia rightly mentions that 2/3 of Irish citizens were aware of the 2018 ...

Absolut, ich glaube auch, dass Schultze gets the Blues wie kaum ein anderer Film zeigte, wie Aufbruch und Neugier auch in Teilen der Tristesse der Nachwendezeit möglich war. Mit Horst Krause geht eine Identifikationsfigur für einen Osten, der normal ist, wie jede andere Region in Deutschland.

Danke für den Post lieber Christian, der Film hat mich auch bewegt da er toll zeigt wie in Teilen der Tristesse manche Regionen der Nachwendezeit so etwas wie Aufbruch und Neugier möglich war. Die Rolle von Horst Krause als Identifikationsfigur wird glaube ich stark unterschätzt.

Highly recommended in that regard: www.theguardian.com/books/2016/j...