One of the most compelling parts of Twilight of the Elites is the discussion of social distance.
His account of sitting in the back of a Calcutta taxi captures precisely the Indian big-city experience of chaos, pollution and social distance.
Mines tend to be run by managers as keen to preserve their perks and privileges as the social distance between themselves and their (black) workers.
Without the community to enforce repayments, and with a social distance between borrowers and lenders, these microfinance operations crashed in late 2010, and have struggled to rebound since then.
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More generally, affirmative action programs can be seen as a way of reducing the social distance between governing institutions and minority communities that tend to be under-represented in government.
More significant is the social and economic distance it has created in our society.
He could bridge the gap or close some of the distance between social justice Catholics and traditional, doctrinal Catholics.
Mr Brown said the policy had "no place in today's housing system where demand for social homes continues to outstrip supply by some distance".
During her campaign, Nrs Klasnic was careful to distance herself from her party's unpopular social and budget policies at the national level.
Many young French arrivals in London say they are fleeing rigid social codes, hierarchical corporate culture and a sense of distance from the global swirl of people and ideas.
It grants us new layers of anonymity and distance and changes the way we can filter our social interactions.
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It'll keep track of elevation changes, current speed and distance traveled, and it makes sharing said trips to social networks quite the lesson in simplicity.
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Distance learning courses have long been trying to replicate the social buzz of the post-lecture coffee shop or library chatter, and increasingly their portals resemble elements of our Facebooks, Flickrs, MySpaces and blogs.
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Cut social services along with their jobs, and hope they fade into the distance.
The distance some humans place between themselves and the rest of the social animal kingdom, is amusing to me, and part of a culturally derived illusion from the byproducts of collective intelligence.
Thus, despite their traditional party-line positions on social issues, Mr Obama's comfort with religion and Mr McCain's distance from it have clearly shaken up religious politics in 2008.
Twitter is eliminating distance and helping people stay in touch with distant friends and acquaintances, suggests a study of the social network.
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