The power of public opinion preface by Ferruccio De Bortoli
The queen of the world is the opinion public which came to power in representative democracy through the surveys, posters, internet, rejection of caste ...
The author explores the roots and consequences of the phenomenon. In France the book has called for a debate and won the award for best political book of 2008.
The ordinary man on the breaks scene. A citizen who is no longer defined solely by their economic and material interests, ideologies or culture, "but a cocktail of all this, which have a decisive role in the passion, emotion, immediacy." A national parliaments that are no longer enough. Julliard argues that "the Net is a chance. But also a big risk: Internet abolish the inequality in the opinion. " But if we think of Obama, the importance of democracy of opinion during his election campaign, we can not but ask what is changing and what will become of democracy today.
The preface by Ferruccio de Bortoli explains how the review Public weighs in Italy.
Jacques Julliard, historian and journalist, director at the Ecole des Hautes Etudes in the social sciences, is a columnist for the "Nouvel Observateur". His works concern the revolutionary syndicalism and political culture in contemporary France.
"The Queen of the World" by Jacques Julliard
MARSILIO
pp. 112
2009 ISBN: 978-88-317-9750-4
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