Dear friends,<br><br>I have a question: should I read Prince of Networks, a biography of Bruno Latour, as perhaps constitutive of p2p-oriented theorizing? So the question really is: should I know more about Latour?<br><br>
I have only found a version which seems not copy-able or even printable, see <a href="http://www.re-press.org/book-files/OA_Version_780980544060_Prince_of_Networks.pdf">http://www.re-press.org/book-files/OA_Version_780980544060_Prince_of_Networks.pdf</a> , can this be hacked or has anyone access to another version?<br>
<br>My second question is for Paul: could you have a look at the theory and book mentioned below? Comments would be very welcome,<br><br>Michel<br><br><br><br>via <a href="http://charlesvanderhaegen.wordpress.com/2010/11/15/einstein-capitalism-socialism-machiavelli-and-vested-interests-preventing-clumsy-solutions-for-betterment-of-our-world/">http://charlesvanderhaegen.wordpress.com/2010/11/15/einstein-capitalism-socialism-machiavelli-and-vested-interests-preventing-clumsy-solutions-for-betterment-of-our-world/</a><br>
<p>This brings me to the subject of a theory - it sails mainly under the
name Cultural Theory but also Theory of Plural Rationality, Grid-Group
Theory, Theory of Socio-Cultural Viability and even Neo-Durkheimian
Institutional Theory - of which the foundations were lead by Mary
Douglas, and courageously further developed by her followers, the
leading researcher of which is Michael Thompson.</p>
<p>I strongly recommend the book he edited with Marco Verweij: “Clumsy
Solutions for a Complex World: Governance, Politics and Plural
Perceptions” published by Palgrave.</p>
<p>It is a powerful and original statement on why well-intended attempts
to alleviate pressing social ills so often derail, and how effective,
efficient and broadly accepted solutions to social problems can be
found.</p>
<p>It takes its cue from the idea that our endlessly changing and
complex social worlds consist of ceaseless interactions between four
organising, justifying and perceiving social relations. Each time one of
these perspectives is excluded from collective decision-making,
governance failure inevitably result. Successful solutions are therefore
creative combinations of four opposing ways of organising and thinking.
The book shows the force of these theoretically sophisticated, yet
simple and practical ideas for a number of pressing issues from around
the World.</p>
<p>To introduce you to the matter, you might follow the link hereafter.
It will lead you to what is substantially the first chapter of the book:
<a href="https://mercury.smu.edu.sg/rsrchpubupload/3224/SMUPreprint.pdf">https://mercury.smu.edu.sg/rsrchpubupload/3224/SMUPreprint.pdf</a></p><br clear="all"><br>-- <br>P2P Foundation: <a href="http://p2pfoundation.net" target="_blank">http://p2pfoundation.net</a> - <a href="http://blog.p2pfoundation.net" target="_blank">http://blog.p2pfoundation.net</a> <br>
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