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[Government, Law and Society]
Government, Law and Society
This document hopes to integrate political contexts into common reading practices,
to show the impact of politics on daily life. With collections that don't compress
issues into four-minute morality plays (as the television news do at their most
comprehensive), this collection may enable readers to find connections with peoples
around the world who live under the global socioeconomic system which affects us all.
This hypertext is under development; if you have any problems (or comments or
criticism), send mail to <webmaster@eserver.org>.
International
The Internet permits communication with people of varied social and cultural
backgrounds, but American culture provides few means to understand difference in
constructive ways. The Internet, because accessible only to middle-class and
upper-middle-class citizens of various countries in the past, has sufficed with
basic liberal political beliefs about freedom of expression, which could be
shared by middle-class people in many countries. As the network continues to
expand to new audiences, however, it will need to produce theories of cultural
difference capable of recognizing the importance of background to communications
practices. Though this server has little, its collection may begin an attempt to
bring global awareness to already locally-aware communities. New items
will be added to this list as Server members and guests contribute them.