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Rethinking Democracy with the Wisdom of the Thomistic Tradition: Join us as we unpack the philosophy of democratic government through a Thomistic framework this summer. Reserve your spot: https://lnkd.in/etvvVNfP

Thomistic Thinking and the Modern State: A Defense of Democracy? How relevant is Thomistic thought in today’s political discourse? Explore this question and more in our summer seminar. Join us: https://lnkd.in/etvvVNfP

Thomistic Thinking and the Modern State: A Defense of Democracy? How relevant is Thomistic thought in today’s political discourse? Explore this question and more in our summer seminar. Join us: https://lnkd.in/etvvVNfP

Defending Democracy? Insights from Thomistic Philosophy: This summer, gain a deeper understanding of democratic principles through the rich intellectual tradition of St. Thomas Aquinas. Click for details: https://lnkd.in/etvvVNfP

Democracy Through a Thomistic Lens: How does Thomistic philosophy underpin or conflict with democratic ideals? This seminar presents a comprehensive exploration that's not to be missed. Learn more: https://lnkd.in/etvvVNfP

Strengthen your capacity as a policymaker by cultivating a practical grasp of the tools, methodologies, and strategies essential for proficient program and policy evaluation within the public sector.     During the ‘Application of Program Evaluation’ program, Dr Rodrigo Praino, Associate Professor of Politics and Public Policy at Flinders University, will delve into the intricacies of collecting and articulating results in a compelling and informative manner.     Register your place now. https://lnkd.in/d-KSrZd8    #PublicPolicy #EvaluationMethods #DecisionMaking #FlindersUniversity" 

Research post of the day (feel free to contribute thoughts/ideas). I am back reading Reagan-era stuff. It is very interesting to me how - by the early 1980s - there is a growing chorus on the importance of revamping covert foreign policy in the aftermath of the Watergate/Church era. You have think tanks publishing reports on this, commentators writing op-eds, the Republican Party platform calling for this, as well as academic/practitioners conferences calling for an expansion of covert operations and special forces. How did this change happen? It seems to almost precede policy. Where did it come from?

"We must get serious again about teaching and diffusing the values, experiences, requirements, and institutional designs of democracy." Read Larry Diamond's Lipset Lecture (in essay form) here: https://lnkd.in/ezVCnfVC

My latest academic article – Evolving Prefigurative Politics in an Intentional Community: The Auroville Citizens’ Assembly Pilot – coauthored with Lesley Branagan, was published today! In this paper we explore how a Citizens’ Assembly pilot in Auroville – the largest intentional community in the world – sought to prefigure new practices in collective decision-making, uniquely drawing together the scholarship concerning Citizens’ Assemblies and the literature concerning prefigurative politics. The Auroville’s Citizens’ Assembly pilot is a unique case study given that Auroville is an intentional community shaped by specific spiritual and self-governance values, and the pilot sought to prefigure the community’s foundational societal ideals in its collective decision-making practice. Lesley Branagan and I were involved in the pilot from the onset as members of the organising team, and later decided to draw from the experience to contribute to academic research. I hope the article will also serve as a testament to the unique societal experiment that is Auroville! The full article is accessible at the link below (for a limited number of downloads!) https://lnkd.in/gqXyhP7A

The newest course on Peterson Academy comes out tonight at 8pm EST, Professor Eric Kaufmann's second eight-hour course: Introduction to Political Science. Join now for immediate access at petersonacademy.com In this course, we explore the fundamentals of political science, delving into comparative political institutions, electoral systems, voting behavior, and the causes of war. We examine the design of democracy in ethnically divided societies and trace the historical evolution of the modern nation-state. The course concludes by discussing the impact of globalization on the nation-state as the primary unit of human political organization.