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With money and power comes temptation, as evidenced by the (now former) New York state governor and some (now former) Bear Stearns executives. But in the case of the Chinese government, stubbornly authoritarian in the political sphere, yet amazingly successful economically, temptations are much more dangerous...
...It’s kind of hard for intellectuals in isolation to take a strong stand when the information that’s in the public sphere is just plain false,” Government professor Theda R. Skocpol said...
...Like Richardson, she said she made no special effort to share her concerns in the public sphere...
...always felt uncomfortable in the public sphere, Maier said. It takes a different kind of character to stand up and push for policy change...
...some unfortunate tensions," says Anand Kumar, with the Centre for the Study of Social Systems at Jawaharlal Nehru University in New Delhi, a city with considerable experience with multiple faiths. Such conjunctions have led to conflicts and even riots, not just when moods clash, but because "the public sphere is being contested." Kumar is convinced, however, that "a new generation is emerging that is more pluralistic and they don't feel threatened just because someone is from another religion...