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Digital Impact: Reflections from Brisbane
On July 29 More than 100 Australian social sector leaders spent a beautiful Saturday in Brisbane discussing the possibilities and responsibilities of digital civil society. Several themes dominated the day: the importance of the “people” part of digital data, the ways digital technologies can highlight and even amplify existing social...
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POLISCI 137R. Justice at Home and Abroad: Civil Rights in the 21st Century
Justice, the philosopher John Rawls believed, is the first virtue of social institutions. But justice is difficult to define and still more difficult to achieve. In this class, we will consider how three core ideals animate most theories of justice: freedom, equality, and security. The U.S. Constitution spells out the...
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GSBGEN 367 – Problem Solving for Social Change
GSB graduates will play important roles in solving many of today’s and tomorrow’s major societal problems—such as improving educational and health outcomes, conserving energy, and reducing global poverty—that call for actions by nonprofit, business, and hybrid organizations as well as governments. This course teaches skills and bodies of knowledge relevant...
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A curated collection of readings that have informed the research, writing and thinking of the Digital Civil Society Lab team and fellows. Democracy and publics Alexander, Jeffrey C. (2006). “The Civil Sphere.” Oxford:Oxford University Press Calhoun, C. (1998). “The public good as a social and cultural project. In W.W. Powell and E....