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Summary. The Media Manifesto delivers a sharp analysis of our communications crisis and a passionate call for change. It provides hope for media reform movements across the globe and puts forth a roadmap for radical reform of concentrated media power, placing media justice, economic democracy and social equality at the heart of our scholarship and our campaigning.
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Summary. This second book follows on the first. I taught a creativity and collaboration undergraduate seminar and for 4 years I focused on ethical considerations of creative work then how creative thinking could be used to proactively benefit the civic domain itself (civic creativity). For two years, students each wrote a "case of the future," researching the state of a particular nascent or emerging innovation (e.g., driverless car, e-cigarette, Bitcoin, happiness as an ultimate life goal) then systematically thinking through the ethical and civic implications (good and bad) that might occur. In addition to being a co-author on all cases, I wrote 3 introductory chapters framing the book and providing ways that readers (or professors) could use the book in ethics-related courses.
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Summary. The public believes that politicians in the US favor special interests over their constituents and that our political institutions have become corrupt--and they are right. A growing body of evidence shows that special interests have disproportionate sway over policy via campaign contributions and lobbying. In this book, the author presents this evidence in a logical, understandable way; he then illustrates how campaign contributions harm our economy, exacerbate inequality, and undermine our democracy. One of the most startling findings of the book is that campaign contributions led to the Financial Crisis and Great Recession. The author concludes that campaign contributions have effectively created an oligarchy in the US, and, thus, reform is needed to save our democracy. The final chapter of the book suggests a number of different reforms that could be pursued--and highlights some ways in which these reforms can be achieved.
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Summary. This detailed introduction not only outlines our approach in the book - including our use of client narratives and behavioral economics - it also includes a historical summary of housing policy in the U.S. over the past century and the evolution of the American Dream. We highlight stories of homeowners - mostly our clients -- and communities that have not recovered from the 2008 foreclosure crisis.
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Summary. This book explores the systemic effects of public-private partnerships on public health. Focusing on partnerships involving the food and soda industries, the book argues that these relationships undermine public health and imperil the integrity of public health agencies, research universities, and public health NGOs. The default relationship with industry actors, the book argues, should be separation, not collaboration.
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Summary. Asks what attitude and what policies democracies should have concerning individuals who give money away for public purposes; and argues that the aims of mass giving should be the decentralization of power in the production of public goods, such as the arts, education, and science
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Summary. This book presents a comprehensive analysis of ownership and control of media providers today, and the affect that these ownership structures have on news sources and journalistic autonomy. Drawing on new research data, the book illustrates the essential themes and future directions for more democratic and accountable media systems in the 21st century.
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Summary. Develops the reform implications of influence market/institutional corruption
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Summary. This edited volume was the first of its kind in creativity scholarship to include an ethical dimension in the definition of creativity (separating creativity as positive contribution vs. corruption as devolutionary or parasitic contribution), inviting contributions from the few leading scholars who had at least touched on ethics or lack thereof in creativity. In addition to initiating the book, I contributed two solo and 2 co-authored chapters.
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Summary. "The Global Corruption Report (GCR) is Transparency International's flagship publication, bringing the expertise of the anti-corruption movement to bear on a specific corruption issue or sector. The Global Corruption Report on education and research consists of more than 50 articles commissioned from experts in the fields of corruption and education, from universities, think-tanks, business, civil society and international organisations"--