<html><head><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body dir="auto"><div>Heard a great interview with the author on NPRs Fresh Air.<br><br><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Tracy E. Longacre</span></div><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><a href="mailto:tel@telphoto.com">tel@telphoto.com</a></span></div><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Sent from one of my iThingies</span></div></div><div><br>On Aug 10, 2013, at 10:35, "Bill Parker" <<a href="mailto:bparker175@cox.net">bparker175@cox.net</a>> wrote:<br><br></div><blockquote type="cite"><div>
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<div><font size="2" face="Arial">I recently met with a University President and he
had this book on his desk. He said it is the basis of everything he will be
talking about in the forseeable future. I, too, am intrigued. </font></div>
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<a title="jackcgilles@gmail.com" href="mailto:jackcgilles@gmail.com">Jack
Gilles</a> </div>
<div style="FONT: 10pt arial"><b>To:</b> <a title="oe@lists.wedgeblade.net" href="mailto:oe@lists.wedgeblade.net">Order Ecumenical Community</a> </div>
<div style="FONT: 10pt arial"><b>Sent:</b> Thursday, August 08, 2013 6:26
PM</div>
<div style="FONT: 10pt arial"><b>Subject:</b> [Oe List ...] A Book Worth
Reading</div>
<div><br></div>Dear Colleagues,
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<div>I believe the gridlock we are seeing on the national scene here in the
USA is but a manifestation of the fundamental shift that is taking place in
the world's polity system. Some time ago I wrote a talking paper on the
emergence of our new world as we spoke about in the Urban Revolution of CS-I.
But I now thing it is happening much faster than we had ever imagined. We are
rapidly shifting to the primacy of the Regionalis dynamic (Area-Region-Metro)
as the key to the new polity. Here is the link to a book I just heard talked
about on the PBS news hour. </div>
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Cities and Metros Are Fixing Our Broken Politics and Fragile Economy
(Brookings Focus Book)</span></h1>
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<div>I haven't ordered the Kindle edition, but I think this is a book worth
reading. Upon reading the reviews you can see it touches a cord with what
people intuit is the new direction for our polity. People identify with
"place" and the national and state levels don't provide that kind of
energy.</div>
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<div>Here is the paper I wrote.</div>
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<div>Grace & Peace,</div>
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<div>Jack</div>
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<p></p>Dear Colleagues,<br><br>I believe the gridlock we are seeing on the
national scene here in the USA is but a manifestation of the fundamental shift
that is taking place in the world's polity system. Some time ago I wrote a
talking paper on the emergence of our new world as we spoke about in the Urban
Revolution of CS-I. But I now thing it is happening much faster than we had
ever imagined. We are rapidly shifting to the primacy of the Regionalis
dynamic (Area-Region-Metro) as the key to the new polity. Here is the link to
a book I just heard talked about on the PBS news hour. <br><br>The
Metropolitan Revolution: How Cities and Metros Are Fixing Our Broken Politics
and Fragile Economy (Brookings Focus Book)<br><br>I haven't ordered the Kindle
edition, but I think this is a book worth reading. Upon reading the reviews
you can see it touches a cord with what people intuit is the new direction for
our polity. People identify with "place" and the national and state levels
don't provide that kind of energy.<br><br>Here is the paper I
wrote.<br><br><br><br>Grace & Peace,<br><br>Jack
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