The crisis that makes centrist political science untenable would correspond to, be the same as, the crisis that makes centrist politics untenable.
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2012 – it’s the paradigm, stupid
Assuming that 2012 things are about like 2011 things or worse (N.B.: big assume; a few months ago most mainstream economists thought happy days were almost here again), then the election will be a paradigm test: Political pseudo-science calls for…
Posted in Miscellany Tagged with: 2012 Elections, Barack Obama, Ed Kilgore, Obama Re-Election, Political Science, Social Democracy, Tony Judt
Last Testament: Ill Fares the Land by Tony Judt
If a resuscitation and revival, a last ditch effort at salvation, or a transfiguration of social democracy is not on today’s political agenda, that may be all the more reason to pass this book on, following Tony Judt’s last requests, to a young person looking forward. It may even be the conservative thing to do.
Posted in Books, Featured, Politics Tagged with: Conservatism, Edmund Burke, Social Democracy, Tony Judt