Over an extremely short period of time in human history, power in the form of information shifted from a top - down to a horizontal democratic model. (globaleducationmagazine.com)
What we actually need is a more democratic model of impact where it is conceived of as impact upon the public debate; inspiring gradual, long term change — and in which academic communication is part of a mutual, democratic learning process. (blog.politics.ox.ac.uk)
The New Labour model of political economy was shaken to its core, having pledged allegiance both to Thatcherite deregulated markets and an overly complacent social democratic model of «tax and spend». (blog.politics.ox.ac.uk)