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Making decisions -- What's the law? -- Learning important laws -- Group members -- Why other opinions matter -- The importance of consensus -- Using consensus in problem solving -- Juries and consensus -- When consensus isn't possible -- Building consensus successfully -- The process -- Consensus in practice -- Small-scale consensus -- Consensus in your community

This paper investigates the mechanisms of subordinating the system of science and higher education to the needs of boosting capital in the conditions of a new business model characteristic of neoliberal capitalism. The author uses as a theoretical framework of critical studies of science and higher education systems developed in Poland by Krystian Szadkowski based on political economy (Simon Marginson and Gigi Roggero). The weakness of the recently implemented reform of Polish education, the essence of which is making the status of 'scientist' dependent on publication in high-ranking journals belonging to publishing corporations' oligopoly, is that the natural and technical disciplines have been places on an equal evaluation footing with social sciences and humanities. This practice impoverishes the educational and critical functions of humanities, impoverishes the research questions, impoverishes the research methodology, and consequently, their cognitive values. The assessment of the quality of a social researcher's work, to be reliable, should include several other components - the presence of an "invisible university" in international networks (e.g. measured by selected citation indicators), but also problematization and interpretative innovation, as well as an original contribution to the achievements of the discipline. Monographs mainly document this. Qualitative expert assessment is required for evaluation. Therefore, the publication of monographs in reputable Polish and foreign publishing houses should become a showcase of the Polish social researcher, rather than contributing journal papers. In the paper, the author synthesizes his various analyses of contemporary capitalism and the role that science and the research and development sector play in accumulating capital.

This paper investigates the mechanisms of subordinating the system of science and higher education to the needs of boosting capital in the conditions of a new business model characteristic of neoliberal capitalism. The author uses as a theoretical framework of critical studies of science and higher education systems developed in Poland by Krystian Szadkowski based on political economy (Simon Marginson and Gigi Roggero). The weakness of the recently implemented reform of Polish education, the essence of which is making the status of 'scientist' dependent on publication in high-ranking journals belonging to publishing corporations' oligopoly, is that the natural and technical disciplines have been places on an equal evaluation footing with social sciences and humanities. This practice impoverishes the educational and critical functions of humanities, impoverishes the research questions, impoverishes the research methodology, and consequently, their cognitive values. The assessment of the quality of a social researcher's work, to be reliable, should include several other components—the presence of an "invisible university" in international networks (e.g. measured by selected citation indicators), but also problematization and interpretative innovation, as well as an original contribution to the achievements of the discipline. Monographs mainly document this. Qualitative expert assessment is required for evaluation. Therefore, the publication of monographs in reputable Polish and foreign publishing houses should become a showcase of the Polish social researcher, rather than contributing journal papers. In the paper, the author synthesizes his various analyses of contemporary capitalism and the role that science and the research and development sector play in accumulating capital.

Intro -- More Praise for Alice Rivlin and Divided We Fall -- Title Page -- Copyright -- Contents -- Preface: A Note to the Reader: Completing Alice Rivlin's Vision and Message for a Rapidly Changing America, Sheri Rivlin and Allan Rivlin -- Acknowledgments, with an Explanation of Our Process -- 1. Introduction: The Choice We Face -- 2. The American Economy: Historic Opportunity or Impending Disaster? -- 3. The History of Partisanship and Dealmaking: The Constitutional Convention to the Gilded Age -- 4. Reform and Realignment: The Progressive Era to the Southern Strategy -- 5. The Bipartisan Budget Negotiations of the Reagan-Bush Years -- 6. President Clinton Takes on the Deficit -- 7. When Bipartisan Negotiation Achieved a Budget Surplus -- 8. Obama and the Democrats Struggle to Make Unified Government Work -- 9. When Several Attempts to Reach a "Grand Bargain" Failed -- 10. Hyperpartisanship in Modern Politics -- 11. How We Can Change the Rules and Change the Tone of American Politics -- Afterword: What Would Alice Rivlin Say Now? -- Photographys -- Notes -- Index.

"The Netherlands, Belgium and Luxembourg are well-known cases of consensus politics. Decision-making in the Low Countries has been characterized by broad involvement, power sharing and making compromises. These countries were also founding member states of the European Union (EU) and its predecessors. However, the relationship between European integration and the tradition of domestic consensus politics remains unclear. In order to explore this relationship this book offers in-depth studies of a wide variety of political actors such as governments, parliaments, political parties, courts, ministries and interest groups as well as key policy-issues such as the ratification of EU treaties and family migration. The authors focus not only on Europeanization, but also explore whether European integration may gradually undermine the fundamental characteristics of consensus politics in the Low Countries. Drawing on consociationalism and Europeanization research, this volume provides a comprehensive overview of Europeanization in these three states as well as a better understanding of the varieties of consensus politics across and within countries. This book will be of interest to students and scholars of European studies, European integration, European law, political science, European political economy and comparative politics"--

This volume addresses concerns about the impact of current systems for the management of research ethics in the social sciences. Many procedures in place are seen as inappropriate as they were originally designed for use in biomedical research. The content identifies areas of 'common ground', core ethics principles and areas of particular concern.