Sociotechnocanonicon (August 18): Margaret Levi's "On Rule and Revenue" Chapters 1-4
Greetings! For reading group next week (August 18) we'll be reading Margaret Levi's "On Rule and Revenue" which is a book about legitimacy in governance through a analysis of taxation. You may recall seeing it discussed at some length in Elinor Ostrom's "Governing the Commons." This coming week we'll be reading the first half of the book (Chapters 1-4). There's a soft copy of the book in PDF here: https://mako.cc/outgoing/private/dQAjeBJrh61LKp0z/levi-on_rule_and_revenue.p... The plan is to read the second half of the book next week but it looks like the entire second half of the book is extended historical examples so we decide as a group what to do next week. After this we're going to read Pamela Oliver and Gerald Marwell's book on the "Critical Mass in Collective Action" which we read a couple years ago but which is important enough that it's worth returning to it for the newer folks who haven't read it yet and for a bunch of us that are planning a paper that is directly inspired by a conversation we had last time we read it. Regards, Mako -- Benjamin Mako Hill https://mako.cc/academic/
Greetings folks! The good news is that if you didn't read Margaret's Levi's "On Rule and Revenue" last week but wanted to, you can still catch up! Here's the plan in three steps: Step 1: If you have not yet, read the theoretical material at the beginning of the book: Chapter 1: Introduction Chapter 2: The Theory of Predatory Rule Chapter 3: Creating Compliance Step 2: Read AT LEAST ONE of the following chapters that applies the chapters to a place/time in history:. Chapter 4: The Roman Republic [Kaylea] Chapter 5: France and England in the Middle Ages [Charlie] Chapter 6: Eighteenth-Century Britain [Mako] Chapter 7: Australia [Sohyeon] We'll summarize these in reading group. If you're name is listed above, that is the chapter you were "assigned" during reading group. If you're not on that list, read any chapter you like! If you want to read more, that's fine! Step 3: If at all possible—and especially if you've already finished Step #1)—read: Chapter 8: Conclusion Appendix: "Brining People Back into the State" That's it! We'll meet in/at the normal place/time: https://wiki.communitydata.science/Sociotechnocanonicon Regards, Mako <quote who="Benj. Mako Hill" date="Thu, Aug 12, 2021 at 02:21:08PM -0700">
Greetings!
For reading group next week (August 18) we'll be reading Margaret Levi's "On Rule and Revenue" which is a book about legitimacy in governance through a analysis of taxation. You may recall seeing it discussed at some length in Elinor Ostrom's "Governing the Commons."
This coming week we'll be reading the first half of the book (Chapters 1-4). There's a soft copy of the book in PDF here:
https://mako.cc/outgoing/private/dQAjeBJrh61LKp0z/levi-on_rule_and_revenue.p...
The plan is to read the second half of the book next week but it looks like the entire second half of the book is extended historical examples so we decide as a group what to do next week.
After this we're going to read Pamela Oliver and Gerald Marwell's book on the "Critical Mass in Collective Action" which we read a couple years ago but which is important enough that it's worth returning to it for the newer folks who haven't read it yet and for a bunch of us that are planning a paper that is directly inspired by a conversation we had last time we read it.
Regards, Mako https://mako.cc/academic/ _______________________________________________ collective-uw mailing list -- collective-uw@communitydata.science To unsubscribe send an email to collective-uw-leave@communitydata.science
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