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Not only do the experts have their own professional ideological commitments, often conflicting with the public interest, but they possess no analytical wizardry capable of resolving our pressing societal problems.
Citizens, Experts, and the Environment - The Politics of Local Knowledge
Frank Fischer
Like the Right to Information Act, the EGA is an important tool of empowerment. It puts in place legal safeguards and accountability mechanisms that strengthen the bargaining power of labourers: job cards for all workers, pro-active disclosure of muster rolls, mandatory social audits by gram sabhas, penalties for any violation of the law, among others.
Sense and Solidarity
Jean Drèze
For the first time, she realizes that being alone is a contradiction in terms. Even in a body’s most private moments, something else joins in.
The Overstory
Richard Powers
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