Populism as a Transgressive Style

Hacking as Transgressive Infrastructuring

This paper applies the theoretical lens of infrastructure to study hacking practices that take issue with large-scale communica­ tion networks. The paper analyzes a series of hacks targeting the Global System for Mobile Communications (i.e., networks for mobile telephony) carried out by a cluster of people af­ filiated or sympathetic to the German Chaos Computer Club between 2001 and 2014. Thes...

Populism and Progressivism as Constitutional Categories

A Political Theory of Populism

When voters fear that politicians may have a right-wing bias or that they may be in‡uenced or corrupted by the rich elite, signals of true left-wing conviction are valuable. As a consequence, even a moderate politician seeking reelection chooses ‘populist’policies— i.e., policies to the left of the median voter— as a way of signaling that he is not from the right. Truly right-wing politicians r...

Rise of populism

Coaching as a leadership style.

Robert F. Hicks is a licenced psychologist holding an appointment as Clinical Professor of Organizational Behaviour in the Department of Psychiatry at the University of Texas, Dallas (TX, USA). This book arose from his experience over three decades of teaching leadership and coaching skills to doctors and senior executives in health systems. The basic premise of this guide is that leadership an...