Rohini Hensman: Indefensible. Democracy, Counter-Revolution, and the Rhetoric of Anti-Imperialism. Chicago, US-IL: Haymarket Books 2018, 377 Seiten

Rhetoric and Deliberative Democracy

Deliberative Democracy, Chicago Style

1. The Strange Appearance of Deliberative Democracy Chicago's neighborhoods might strike both casual observers and the initiated as rather infertile ground for the seeds of deliberative democracy to take root and bear fruit. The city's tradition of machine politics—a reward system that delivers spoils in exchange for obedience—hardly seems conducive to a politics that relies upon fairness and r...

The behavioral counter-revolution

Vernon Smith has always asked great questions. In this case the questions he asks constitute a challenge to the behavioral revolution. This is a challenge which he has beenmaking for many years, most pointedly his challenges to the interpretation of experimental evidence by psychologists (Smith, 1991, 2003, 2007). The questions that he asks here are, he stresses, also old questions. In effect t...

The Complex Systems Approach: Rhetoric or Revolution

The complex systems approach (CSA) to characterizing cognitive function is purported to underlie a conceptual and methodological revolution by its proponents. I examine one central claim from each of the contributed papers and argue that the provided examples do not justify calls for radical change in how we do cognitive science. Instead, I note how currently available approaches in ''standard'...

The nature of Over the Counter market and its distinction from Stock Exchange in Iran and the US Legal systems

Although clause 8 of article 1 of the Securities Market Act has been explained Over the Counter market and defined it to ”an electronic or non-electronic market which implements securities transactions on the basis of negotiations”, according to some changes in the rules and regulations of this section, including approval of Iranian Securities Market Act, The law for Development of New Financia...