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A muddy pool, it is said, can pretend to any depth, an observation applicable to much of the revisionist liberalism now widespread in the academy. Unable for ideological or prudential reasons to accept, say, a conservative, classically liberal, or Marxist critique of modern society, but increasingly uncomfortable with the failure, as it is viewed, of bourgeois democracy, neoliberal system-builders have sought a synthesis of the "best" elements of socialist economics (yielding equality) and market relations (efficiency) within a "genuinely" democratic framework. The publication of Charles E. Lindblom's Politics and Markets is as an important auspice of this trend. Recipient of the American Political Science Association's most prestigious book award and laudatory comment in the journals of opinion, the volume has also sparked reaction in business circles, as in the Mobil Oil advertisement which took issue with Lindblom's analysis of big business' "privileged position" in the governance of the world's polyarchies (i.e., the "crippled" democracies of North America, Western Europe, Japan and related systems).

Der Beitrag arbeitet gouvernementalitätstheoretisch heraus, wie sich Kindheiten und Sorgearrangements aktuell gesellschaftlich neu ordnen. Über Disziplinierung ist die gesellschaftliche Organisation der Sorge um Kinder nicht mehr ausreichend zu fassen. Dagegen wächst die Bedeutung von Transparenz. Techniken der Transparenz zielen darauf ab, das Aufwachsen mannigfaltig sichtbar zu machen, um es über Vernetzung sowie die Vervielfältigung von Kommunikation und Wissen optimieren zu können. Vollständige Transparenz bleibt eine Fiktion. Techniken der Transparenz beschreiben deshalb keinen Zustand, sondern das Streben Sorgender, Uneinsehbares sichtbar werden zu lassen. Weit mehr als einfach eine Totalität gläserner Durchsichtigkeit setzt sich damit ein feines Netz biopolitisch produktiver Mechanismen der Sorge durch, aus denen eine generative Dynamik erwächst, welche an starren Normen orientierte, disziplinierende Techniken der Sorge verdrängt. Mit der Forderung nach Transparenz geht zugleich die Angst einher, dass familiales Zusammenleben zunehmend repressiver staatlicher Gewalt unterliegt. Jedoch versprechen Techniken der Transparenz ebenso die Entfaltung von Autonomiepotenzialen. Denn als Teil der biopolitischen Regulierung kommt ihnen die Aufgabe zu, Risiken zu verwalten, Gefahren zu minimieren und die Sorge um Kinder zugleich individuell und gesellschaftlich produktiv zu gestalten.

Yisang (1910–1937), one of the most renowned and best-studied poets of Korea's colonial period, is usually remembered as a bohemian, as an intoxicated master of modernist language games. But a close reading of the poetologically charged poems with which Yisang introduced himself to his audience as a Koreanlanguage poet in July 1933 reveals that the engagement with Korean history and identity took center place in his own view of his poetical endeavors. However, different from more simple-minded nationalist authors, Yisang recognized the doubleedged quality of "history" and "nation" — constituting both a treasure and a burden. It is argued that this complication of the "love for the nation" instigated by his poetry has been one of the reasons why the political layer of Yisang's poetry has kept being forgotten — notwithstanding repeated rediscoveries — in the scholarship in recentdecades. More than anything, it is his distrust of a celebratory politics of remembrance that makes a celebratory remembrance of Yisang's politics so difficult.

In the culture of Thailand, the Yak serve as a mediated icon representing strength, power, and mystical protection not only for the Buddha, but for population of worshipers. Originating from the forests of China, the Yak continues to stand guard at the gates of Buddhist temples. The Yak represents Thai culture in the hearts of Thai people. This paper presents a qualitative study regarding the curious mix of media, culture, and religion that projects the Yak of Thailand as a larger than life message throughout the political, cultural, and religious spheres. The gate guardians, or gods as they are sometimes called, appear throughout the religious temples of Asian cultures. However, the Asian cultures demonstrate differences in artistic renditions (or presentations) of such sentinels. Thailand gate guards (the Yak) stand in front of many Buddhist temples, and these iconic figures display unique features with varied symbolic significance. The temple (or wat), plays a vital role in every community; and, for many people, Thailand's temples are the country's most endearing sights. The authors applied folknography as a methodology to illustrate the importance of the Thai Yak in serving as meaningful icons that transcend not only time, but the culture, religion, and mass media. The Yak represents mythical, religious, artistic, cultural, and militaristic significance for the Thai people. Data collection included interviews, focus groups, and natural observations. This paper summarizes the perceptions of the Thai people concerning their gate sentries and the relationship, communication, connection, and the enduring respect that Thai people hold for their guardians of the gates.