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POLITICAL SCIENCE QUARTERLY VOL: 130 NO 3
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141304
Inequality as a danger to democracy: reflections on piketty’s warning
/ Lakoff, Sanford
Lakoff, Sanford
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SANFORD LAKOFF reflects on Thomas Piketty’s warning that the extreme inequality of wealth and income erodes the bonds of social solidarity that sustain democracy. He contends that in the United States, reforms aimed at promoting equality of opportunity, moderating inequality of reward and inheritance, and curbing the influence of great wealth on elections and legislation, are acutely needed.
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Inequality
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Danger to Democracy
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Piketty’s Warning
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Is the American century over?
/ Nye, Joseph S, Jr
Nye, Joseph S, Jr
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Discusses whether the “American century” beginning in 1941 has come to the end. He argues that transnational and non-state forces are changing America’s pre-eminence, but that we are not entering a post-American world.
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American Hegemony
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American Century
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American Century Over
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Is the pentagon papers case relevant in the age of wikileaks?
/ Altschuler, Bruce E
Altschuler, Bruce E
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BRUCE E. ALTSCHULER revisits the Pentagon Papers case to determine its relevance in the internet age. He argues that the emergence of independent leakers with access to the internet has shifted greater responsibility on the mainstream media to practice self-restraint and to decide what to publish. The emergence of independent leakers has also accelerated prosecutions by the Obama administration.
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Supreme Court
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Obama Administration
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Internet Age
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Pentagon Papers Case
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Age of WikiLeaks
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Saint or sinner? human rights and U.S. support for the arms trade treaty
/ Erickson, Jennifer L
Erickson, Jennifer L
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JENNIFER L. ERICKSON analyses the U.S. decision to support the UN Arms Trade Treaty initiative in October 2009. She argues that this support was part of a broader policy shift toward multilateralism that the Obama administration made in an effort to repair the reputation of the United States within the diplomatic community.
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Human Rights
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Multilateralism
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Obama Administration
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Diplomatic Community
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UN Arms Trade Treaty initiative
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US Support
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Broader Policy
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