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{{a|devil|}}{{quote|“''I define performative governance as the state’s theatrical deployment of visual, verbal, and gestural symbols to foster an impression of good governance before an audience of citizens''” | {{a|devil|}}{{quote|“''I define performative governance as the state’s theatrical deployment of visual, verbal, and gestural symbols to foster an impression of good governance before an audience of citizens''” | ||
:—Iza Ding<ref>''World Politics'', [https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/world-politics/article/abs/performative-governance/AAC558378BEA651DB7E2480ECFFB4E10 Vol 72, Issue 4, October 2020, pp. 525 - 556. ] “Performative governance should be distinguished from other types of state behavior, such as inertia, paternalism, and the substantive satisfaction of citizens’ demands.”</ref>}} | :—Iza Ding<ref>''World Politics'', [https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/world-politics/article/abs/performative-governance/AAC558378BEA651DB7E2480ECFFB4E10 Vol 72, Issue 4, October 2020, pp. 525 - 556. ] “Performative governance should be distinguished from other types of state behavior, such as inertia, paternalism, and the substantive satisfaction of citizens’ demands.”</ref>}} | ||
{{quote|“What a useful thing a pocket-map is!” I remarked. <br> | {{quote| | ||
“What a useful thing a pocket-map is!” I remarked. <br> | |||
“That’s another thing we’ve learned from your Nation,” said Mein Herr, “map-making. But we’ve carried it much further than you. What do you consider the largest map that would be really useful?” <br> | “That’s another thing we’ve learned from your Nation,” said Mein Herr, “map-making. But we’ve carried it much further than you. What do you consider the largest map that would be really useful?” <br> | ||
“About six inches to the mile.” <br> | “About six inches to the mile.” <br> | ||
“Only six inches!” exclaimed Mein Herr. “We very soon got to six yards to the mile. Then we tried a hundred yards to the mile. And then came the grandest idea of all! We actually made a map of the country, on the scale of a mile to the mile!”<br> | “Only six inches!” exclaimed Mein Herr. “We very soon got to six yards to the mile. Then we tried a hundred yards to the mile. And then came the grandest idea of all! We actually made a map of the country, on the scale of a mile to the mile!”<br> | ||
“Have you used it much?” I enquired.<br> | “Have you used it much?” I enquired.<br> | ||
“It has never been spread out, yet,” said Mein Herr: “the farmers objected: they said it would cover the whole country, and shut out the sunlight! So we now use the country itself, as its own map, and I assure you it does nearly as well.”<br> | “It has never been spread out, yet,” said Mein Herr: “the farmers objected: they said it would cover the whole country, and shut out the sunlight! So we now use the country itself, as its own map, and I assure you it does nearly as well.”<br> | ||
:—Lewis Carroll, ''Sylvie and Bruno Concluded'', (1895) | :—Lewis Carroll, ''Sylvie and Bruno Concluded'', (1895)}} | ||
Just as well this kind of thing could never happen in a corporate environment. | Just as well this kind of thing could never happen in a corporate environment. | ||