This article uses the notion of a “Local Nash Equilibrium” (LNE) to model a vote maximizing political game that incorporates valence (the electorally perceived quality of the political leaders). Formal stochastic voting models without valence typically conclude that all political agents (parties or candidates) will converge towards the electoral mean (the origin of the policy space). The main t...

The biblical story of Samson may be understood at various levels and from different perspectives. Since the story of Samson in the Bible is sketchily drawn, the interpretations of the narrative are numerous. One version, according to David Grossman, a contemporary writer and liberal Israeli political activist, regards Samson critically, viewing him as a tormented individual who opts to end his ...

The practice of developing and creating Free Software has been the centre of attention for studies related to economics, knowledge production, laws and the intellectual property framework. However, the practice that constitutes the initiative of Free Software also means a call to rethink current forms of political action and the in-depth meaning of what is understood as “political”. This consti...

An emerging activist tactic on visual-based social media such as Instagram, slideshow activism adapts the production and consumption of political information to logic platform. In so doing, provides followers with an ideal subject position for civic engagement. By examining a popular Instagram account, we outline features this its mobilizing appeal. The qualitative content analysis sample 50 po...

INTRODUCTION................................................................................... 183 I. THE SPECTRUM REFORM IDEA HAS ITS TIME COME? ..... 188 II. THE CURRENT AGENDA FOR TELECOMMUNICATIONS REFORM .................................................................................... 193 III. MAXIMIZING THE POLITICAL ECONOMY ............................. 197 A. The Beginning of a Refo...

George Mc<;overn, former senator from South Dakota, spoke last night in the Library Auditorium on "Const:rvatism in America," denouncing the Radical Right as distorting American political ideals. The main point of McGovern's speech was that the right-wing radical groups, which have gained a great dell of political intlucncc in recent years, have too much intluenn· in American politics. McGovcrn...