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Against Gridlock: The Viability Of Interest-Based Legislative Negotiation, Gregory Brazeal
Against Gridlock: The Viability Of Interest-Based Legislative Negotiation, Gregory Brazeal
Gregory Brazeal
Early evaluations of the Obama administration have often focused on the administration’s legislative negotiation strategies. But these discussions have largely neglected the distinction between two basic types of negotiation recognized in the professional negotiation literature: positional (or hard-bargaining) negotiation, and interest-based (or principled) negotiation. The former attempts to secure the maximum share of a fixed amount of value by adopting an extreme position, knowing that it will not be accepted, and then using a combination of guile, bluffing, and brinksmanship to cede as little as possible before reaching a deal. The latter, which President Obama has practiced since at least …
Faith And Politics In The Post-Secular Age: The Promise Of President Obama, Francis J. Mootz Iii
Faith And Politics In The Post-Secular Age: The Promise Of President Obama, Francis J. Mootz Iii
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If the modern era is properly characterized as the 'age of secularism' - a time when constitutional democracies finally have shed the last vestiges of church authority from the political realm and embrace a rationalist and humanist perspective - then the United States appears to be outside the Western mainstream. In this paper I explore how the relationship between politics and religious faith in the United States might be seen as part of the narrative of secularism that defines most other Western countries, even as the differences in the American experience might suggest an evolution of this narrative. My thesis …