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Winter Reading: Robert Dahl's "Who Governs?"
... I just finished reading the classic political science book Who Governs? Democracy and Power in an American City by Robert A. ... I did take an Urban Politics course forty years ago. The book happens to focus on New Haven, the city in whose suburbs I live and whose ...
Robert Wechsler - 2018-12-19 17:18 - 0 comments
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Institutional Corruption Conference I: Duplicitous Exclusion
... co-author of Blind Spots (see my blog posts on this book ) and a member of the second panel of the conference, would likely argue ...
Robert Wechsler - 2018-12-19 17:18 - 0 comments
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Blind Spots VIII — How to Handle Our Blind Spots
... H. Bazerman and Ann E. Tenbrunsel, the authors of the new book Blind Spots: Why We Fail to Do What's Right and What to Do about It ... ways of dealing with the many problems they raise in their book. One solution is to align what they call our "want" and "should" ...
Robert Wechsler - 2018-12-19 17:18 - 0 comments
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Albert Hirschman's Exit, Voice, and Loyalty
... I want to apply some of the ideas from his most famous book, Exit, Voice, and Loyalty (1970), to local government ethics ( ... I pulled out a few thought-provoking passages from his 1983 book, Shifting Involvements: Private Interest and Public Action ). ...
Robert Wechsler - 2018-12-19 17:18 - 0 comments
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An Alternative to Punishment
... and Training (Bantam, 1999). I'm reading the book to get ideas for training the puppy I will soon be getting. Positive ... than traditional obedience training. Reading the book, and especially the chapter on ways of getting rid of behavior you don't ...
Robert Wechsler - 2018-12-19 17:18 - 0 comments
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Moral Clarity VIII - Transcending Our Limitations Through Ethics
... a series of blog posts inspired by reading Susan Neiman’s book Moral Clarity: A Guide for Grown-Up Idealists (Princeton, 2008), ... Robert Wechsler's blog Story Topics: Book Reviews ...
Robert Wechsler - 2018-12-19 17:18 - 0 comments
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The Responsibilities of a Lawyer Representing a Public Official
... at the end of a blog entry about Elizabeth Wolgast's book, Ethics of an Artificial Person: Lost Responsibility in Professions and ... to do? As David Luban is quoted as saying in Wolgast's book, “Law ... is an inseparable part of the context in which we learn about ...
Robert Wechsler - 2018-12-19 17:18 - 0 comments
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The Jersey Sting
... jersey sting.jpg Body: Two months ago, a book was published called The Jersey Sting , by two Star-Ledger ... for the money to start it going. If nothing else, this book should make it very clear to local government officials all over the ...
Robert Wechsler - 2018-12-19 17:18 - 0 comments
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Legal Advice and Government Accountability
Body: Elizabeth Wolgast’s 1992 book, Ethics of an Artificial Person: Lost Responsibility in Professions and ... who are considered to act in the name of others. Wolgast’s book looks at the problems such artificial persons cause with respect to our ...
Robert Wechsler - 2018-12-19 17:18 - 0 comments
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Moral Clarity IV - Self-Interest
... in a series of blog posts inspired by reading Susan Neiman's book Moral Clarity: A Guide for Grown-Up Idealists (Princeton, 2008). ... Robert Wechsler's blog Story Topics: Book Reviews ...
Robert Wechsler - 2018-12-19 17:18 - 0 comments
