“I think (the internet) is contributing to Chinese political engagement..access to the outside world is preventing more censorship.” ThinkingWorldPoliticalInternetAccessChineseEngagementCensorshipContributingPreventingOutside WorldPolitical Engagement Author:Bill Gates
“I believe that women should have equal rights to education, to work and to civic and political engagement.” ShouldBelievePoliticalI BelieveRightsEqualShould HaveEngagementEqual RightsCivicsPolitical Engagement Author:Rashid al-Ghannushi
“I'm a big fan of the vigor of civil society, political engagement, and public life in many parts of Latin America.” BigsAmericaPoliticalFansLatinEngagementPublic LifeLatin AmericaVigorCivil SocietyPolitical Engagement Author:Rebecca Solnit
“One of the great dangers in political engagement is misplaced hope.” PoliticalDangerEngagementMisplacedPolitical Engagement Author:Shane Claiborne
“A life-long mission has been to counter the notion that political engagement is the spinach we must eat in order to have the dessert of freedom.” LongHas BeensPoliticalOrderNotionMissionsEngagementLong LifeDessertSpinachPolitical Engagement Author:Frances Moore Lappé
“When it comes to political engagement, I'm not a politician - I'm an engineer.” PoliticalPoliticianEngagementEngineersPolitical Engagement Author:Edward Snowden
“But the consequences of the whole-hearted and uncritical embrace of politics by Christians has been, IN EFFECT, to reduce Christian faith to a political ideology and various Christian denominations and para-church organizations as special interest groups. The political engagement of the various Christian groups is certainly legal, but in ways that are undoubtedly unintended, it has also been counterproductive of the ends to which they aspire.” WayHas BeensEndsWholeChristianPoliticalInterestChurchGroupsSpecialEffectsConsequenceOrganizationEmbraceVariousIdeologyEngagementAspireHeartedChristian FaithSpecial InterestsDenominationsInterest GroupsCounterproductivePolitical IdeologySpecial Interest GroupsChristian DenominationsPolitical Engagement Author:James Davison Hunter
“Our marvelous new information technologies boost our power and opportunities for political engagement, but they can also disempower us by contributing to extreme political mobilization that sometimes overwhelms our institutions. These institutions were designed for rural societies operation at a tiny fraction of today's speed and with a citizenry vastly less capable that today's. It's unclear how they will change to adapt to the new reality, but change they must.” SometimesRealityTodayPoliticalOpportunityPoliticsTechnologyInformationInternetCapableInstitutionsExtremesSpeedTinyOperationsEngagementMarvelousFractionsContributingInformation TechnologyBoostCitizenryUnclearNew InformationMobilizationPolitical Engagement Author:Thomas Homer-Dixon