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In devising fixes to the world’s ills, the essential first step is to understand what the protagonists want and how different policies and changes will affect their welfare.
The Dictator's Handbook
de Mesquita Bueno
A may exercise power over B by getting him to do what he does not want to do, but he also exercises power over him by influencing, shaping or determining his very wants. Indeed, is it not the supreme exercise of power to get another or others to have the desires you want them to have – that is, to secure their compliance by controlling their thoughts and desires?
Power: A Radical View
Steven Lukes
Upset credits could be awarded directly to groups and individuals when they work to
achieve climate progress on their own. In addition, as with the existing offset approach, benefits could be shared in the case of legal and political activities that are “sponsored” by a financial partner. Imagine just for a moment a world in which global financial houses like Goldman Sachs devote their intellectual, financial, and political capital, not to the exploitation of dubious offset opportunities such as HFC-23 capture, but to the identification and promotion of critical sites of political intervention by disempowered voices for sustainability.
Ways Not to Think About Climate Change
Kysar, Doug
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