The crisis that makes centrist political science untenable would correspond to, be the same as, the crisis that makes centrist politics untenable.
Tag: Social Democracy
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 the Prez under bad economic conditions to be thrown out. Against this theory – immortalized… Continue reading 2012 – it’s the paradigm, stupid
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.