Categoriesby Hans Blokland by Hans Blokland By Hans BloklandLeave a comment on Resisting democratic decline: deliberation and some lessons from Germany and beyond Resisting democratic decline: deliberation and some lessons from Germany and beyond Posted onMay 11, 2023May 11, 2023 By Hans Blokland Democracies around the world seem to lose appeal for growing numbers of citizens. Partly explaining this trend, citizens seem less … Continue ReadingResisting democratic decline: deliberation and some lessons from Germany and beyond
Categoriesby Hans Blokland by Hans Blokland By Hans BloklandLeave a comment on Politics is no Match for Business: Charles Lindblom, Elon Musk and the Privileged Position of Business Politics is no Match for Business: Charles Lindblom, Elon Musk and the Privileged Position of Business Posted onApril 13, 2022April 13, 2022 By Hans Blokland The interplay between Elon Musk and the social democratic government in Brandenburg, where Tesla recently opened a Giga factory, illustrates … Continue ReadingPolitics is no Match for Business: Charles Lindblom, Elon Musk and the Privileged Position of Business
Categoriesby Hans Blokland by Hans Blokland By Hans BloklandLeave a comment on Plattelandsjongeren, Politieke Participatie en Sociale Media: Ervaringen met een Project in Duitsland. Plattelandsjongeren, Politieke Participatie en Sociale Media: Ervaringen met een Project in Duitsland. Posted onNovember 23, 2021November 23, 2021 By Hans Blokland De politieke participatie van jongeren in het algemeen en die van jongeren op het platteland in het bijzonder is niet … Continue ReadingPlattelandsjongeren, Politieke Participatie en Sociale Media: Ervaringen met een Project in Duitsland.
Categoriesby Hans Blokland by Hans Blokland By Hans BloklandLeave a comment on Charles Lindblom on the Market, Elites, Inequality and our Inability to Think Clear Charles Lindblom on the Market, Elites, Inequality and our Inability to Think Clear Posted onJune 22, 2021June 22, 2021 By Hans Blokland Charles Lindblom (1917 – 2017), one of the most important political scientists of the twentieth century, published in 2000 The … Continue ReadingCharles Lindblom on the Market, Elites, Inequality and our Inability to Think Clear
Categoriesby Hans Blokland by Hans Blokland By Hans BloklandLeave a comment on Planning a future together: Could Eisenhüttenstadt use some deliberative democracy? Planning a future together: Could Eisenhüttenstadt use some deliberative democracy? Posted onJune 1, 2021June 1, 2021 By Hans Blokland Political communities occasionally come to crossroads where fundamental, far-reaching decisions must be made. At such times, it can enhance the … Continue ReadingPlanning a future together: Could Eisenhüttenstadt use some deliberative democracy?
Categoriesby Hans Blokland by Hans Blokland By Hans BloklandLeave a comment on Loneliness, unhappiness, consumerism and its political consequences: observations and predictions of Robert E. Lane Loneliness, unhappiness, consumerism and its political consequences: observations and predictions of Robert E. Lane Posted onApril 3, 2021June 22, 2021 By Hans Blokland Twenty years ago, the American political psychologist Robert E. Lane (1917 – 2017) published The Loss of Happiness in Market … Continue ReadingLoneliness, unhappiness, consumerism and its political consequences: observations and predictions of Robert E. Lane
Categoriesby Hans Blokland by Hans Blokland Deliberation Research By Hans BloklandLeave a comment on Angry, but not bad people on the Brandenburg countryside Angry, but not bad people on the Brandenburg countryside Posted onJune 5, 2019June 6, 2019 By Hans Blokland We are in a small town in rural Brandenburg and talk for two days with 32 long-term unemployed people. Most … Continue ReadingAngry, but not bad people on the Brandenburg countryside
Categoriesby Hans Blokland by Hans Blokland Deliberation Research By Hans Blokland Talking straight to youngsters in Hamburg Posted onMay 7, 2019April 13, 2021 By Hans Blokland We are in a less affluent part from Hamburg for a two-day Workshop. About 70% of our 32 participants have … Continue ReadingTalking straight to youngsters in Hamburg
Categoriesby Hans Blokland by Hans Blokland Deliberation Research By Hans BloklandLeave a comment on “People have to work!” A Deliberation at a Secondary School in Brandenburg “People have to work!” A Deliberation at a Secondary School in Brandenburg Posted onMarch 14, 2019April 13, 2021 By Hans Blokland This “Schule mit Courage” in a town East of Berlin has in total 330 pupils. About a third are first … Continue Reading“People have to work!” A Deliberation at a Secondary School in Brandenburg
Categoriesby Hans Blokland by Hans Blokland Deliberation Research By Hans Blokland A Deliberative Workshop with Chechen Posted onMarch 6, 2019March 11, 2021 By Hans Blokland Since 2016 Social Science Works has implemented more than forty rows of workshops with refugees and natives in which we … Continue ReadingA Deliberative Workshop with Chechen
