The Open University has released a series of podcasts on Reading Political Philosophy. This really is an example of The Internet Gift Economy in action!
And on the subject of podcasts, I’d strongly urge anyone who hasn’t already subscribed to the BBC’s ‘In Our Time’ podcast to do so – there have been plenty of good [...]
Posts on ‘June 30th, 2009’
Podcasts to check out
Never place 100% of the blame for failure upon the shoulders of someone with a veto.
Neil Williams has a good post up about the need to break some institutions into a more interactive world slowly. The Hansard Society’s Andy Williamson had a similar post up here a while ago:
Innovation fails when the people with the ideas aren’t matched by the ones with the skills and power to make those ideas [...]
Should MPs and councillors take up cases on behalf of individuals?
Chewing over Parliamentary reforms, here’s Jenni Russell from the Guardian last week:
“One experienced Commons civil servant is blisteringly critical of the way in which most MPs have accepted the culture in which they now operate. While some committees and chairs are excellent, many MPs can’t be bothered. “They’re just not interested in the core tasks [...]
A blog about representative democracy, social media and a conversational politics. How will peer-to-peer communications change local democracy? How is representation changing? 
