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BOLIVIA: "Twenty Families Are Obstructing Governability" - Expert - 0 views

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The Bolivian government's determination to hold a referendum, by presidential decree, on a new constitution that it hopes will "re-found" the nation as a "plurinational state," has ceded to pressure from the rightwing opposition. The vote has been postpon

<div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">The Bolivian government's determination to hold a referendum, by presidential decree, on a new constitution that it hopes will "re-found" the nation as a "plurinational state," has ceded to pressure from the rightwing opposition. The vote has been postpon</div>

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The Responsibility to Protect: An Idea Whose Time Has Come ... and Gone? -- Evans 22 (3... - 0 views

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How far did the unanimous agreement on the responsibility to protect at the 2005 UN World Summit really mark the international community's acceptance of a new norm supporting collective action - including ultimately military action - when governments thro

<div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">How far did the unanimous agreement on the responsibility to protect at the 2005 UN World Summit really mark the international community's acceptance of a new norm supporting collective action - including ultimately military action - when governments thro</div>

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Politics as the quest for unity: Perspectivism, incommensurable values and agonistic po... - 0 views

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In this article I argue against the view, recently espoused by several authors, that the `incommensurability of values' and `political pespectivism' offer us decisive reasons as to why we should break the link between representation and (the quest for) un

<div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">In this article I argue against the view, recently espoused by several authors, that the `incommensurability of values' and `political pespectivism' offer us decisive reasons as to why we should break the link between representation and (the quest for) un</div>

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Is it possible, Quentin Skinner asks, that an entire tradition of political thought, including the most influential conception of freedom in anglophone political theory in the past half-century, 'has been insensitive to the range of conditions that can li

<div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">Is it possible, Quentin Skinner asks, that an entire tradition of political thought, including the most influential conception of freedom in anglophone political theory in the past half-century, 'has been insensitive to the range of conditions that can li</div>

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DDHH-VENEZUELA: Activistas cuestionan expulsión de HRW - 0 views

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Organizaciones defensoras de los derechos humanos criticaron la expulsión de Venezuela de los representantes de Human Rights Watch (HRW), que presentaron un informe en el cual sostienen que la democracia y la tolerancia retrocedieron con el gobierno de Hu

<div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">Organizaciones defensoras de los derechos humanos criticaron la expulsión de Venezuela de los representantes de Human Rights Watch (HRW), que presentaron un informe en el cual sostienen que la democracia y la tolerancia retrocedieron con el gobierno de Hu</div>

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LATIN AMERICA: Quotas Alone Won't Give Women Equal Power - 0 views

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A collection of studies published in Argentina shows that quotas for women on electoral candidate lists have been successful in achieving a certain level of gender balance in the parliaments of many Latin American countries. However, it says that more too

<div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">A collection of studies published in Argentina shows that quotas for women on electoral candidate lists have been successful in achieving a certain level of gender balance in the parliaments of many Latin American countries. However, it says that more too</div>

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Quota Laws for Women in Politics: Implications for Feminist Practice - Social Politics... - 0 views

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More than fifty countries have adopted quota laws to regulate the selection or election of women to political office. This suggests that states have begun to identify quotas as a new state-led strategy for incorporating women into public life and, by exte

<div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">More than fifty countries have adopted quota laws to regulate the selection or election of women to political office. This suggests that states have begun to identify quotas as a new state-led strategy for incorporating women into public life and, by exte</div>

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Eurotopia No. 5 - Participatory democracy at the crossroads - Transnational Institute - 0 views

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Citizens' participation' is a fashionable political concept, but one that increasingly means all things to all people. It is time to reclaim 'participation' from those who would use it simply to legitimise existing political institutions. This issue of Eu

<div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">Citizens' participation' is a fashionable political concept, but one that increasingly means all things to all people. It is time to reclaim 'participation' from those who would use it simply to legitimise existing political institutions. This issue of Eu</div>

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Islamism and the roots of liberal rage -- Kundnani 50 (2): 40 -- Race & Class - 0 views

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As the neoconservative idea of a clash of civilisations is increasingly challenged, a number of liberal writers - Paul Berman, Nick Cohen, Martin Amis, Andrew Anthony, Bernard Henry-Lévy and Christopher Hitchens - are rethinking the `war on terror' as a c

<div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">As the neoconservative idea of a clash of civilisations is increasingly challenged, a number of liberal writers - Paul Berman, Nick Cohen, Martin Amis, Andrew Anthony, Bernard Henry-Lévy and Christopher Hitchens - are rethinking the `war on terror' as a c</div>

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Support for Democracy and Autocracy in Russia and the Commonwealth of Independent State... - 0 views

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This article analyzes the "realist" support for the current regime as well as the support for democracy as a set of "idealist" principles in Russia, Ukraine, Belarus, Moldova, Armenia, Georgia, Kazakhstan, and Kyrgyzstan. It also analyzes political suppor

<div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">This article analyzes the "realist" support for the current regime as well as the support for democracy as a set of "idealist" principles in Russia, Ukraine, Belarus, Moldova, Armenia, Georgia, Kazakhstan, and Kyrgyzstan. It also analyzes political suppor</div>

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Achin Vanaik - Empire of the periphery - Transnational Institute - 0 views

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Boris Kagarlitsky is one of Russia's best known Marxist dissidents and who has written widely on a range of issues. His latest offering is one of his best. It is a history of Russia (and the Soviet Union) that situates it firmly in a wider European and wo

<div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">Boris Kagarlitsky is one of Russia's best known Marxist dissidents and who has written widely on a range of issues. His latest offering is one of his best. It is a history of Russia (and the Soviet Union) that situates it firmly in a wider European and wo</div>

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TRADE-AFRICA: Chinese Dragon Shifts Its Weight - 0 views

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"We're at the end of the beginning of the Chinese surge into Africa," said team leader Chris Alden of the London School of Economics and Political Science. "China is diversifying its investments and changing its policies. It is developing a sustainable en

<div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">"We're at the end of the beginning of the Chinese surge into Africa," said team leader Chris Alden of the London School of Economics and Political Science. "China is diversifying its investments and changing its policies. It is developing a sustainable en</div>

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Voting Rights of the 'Marginal': The Contested Logic of Political Membership in Japan -... - 0 views

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The right to vote ultimately expresses political membership in democratic states. The logic behind franchise rules in a particular state tells us much about how that state conceives its polity. This becomes clear if we study voting rights of marginal grou

<div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">The right to vote ultimately expresses political membership in democratic states. The logic behind franchise rules in a particular state tells us much about how that state conceives its polity. This becomes clear if we study voting rights of marginal grou</div>

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Consociational Democracy and Urban Sustainability: Transforming the Confessional Divide... - 0 views

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Is 'consociational democracy' a sustainable working model for deeply divided societies? Despite its relative success in Lebanon, rapid urbanization has presented serious challenges to the rigid confessional power-sharing arrangement. In the city of Beirut

<div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">Is 'consociational democracy' a sustainable working model for deeply divided societies? Despite its relative success in Lebanon, rapid urbanization has presented serious challenges to the rigid confessional power-sharing arrangement. In the city of Beirut</div>

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Globalisation, Governance and Migration: an introduction - Third World Quarterly - 0 views

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Migration exposes a central inconsistency in neoliberal globalisation because, if capital, money, information and knowledge should all flow freely across the globe, then why not people? This broad introductory survey begins with a critical review of persp

<div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">Migration exposes a central inconsistency in neoliberal globalisation because, if capital, money, information and knowledge should all flow freely across the globe, then why not people? This broad introductory survey begins with a critical review of persp</div>

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ECUADOR: Exit Polls Show Strong Support for New Constitution - 0 views

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The new constitution will create a free universal health care system, compulsory health insurance and free education up to university level, and will make homemakers eligible for social security. It will also legalise same-sex civil unions, and will grant

<div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">The new constitution will create a free universal health care system, compulsory health insurance and free education up to university level, and will make homemakers eligible for social security. It will also legalise same-sex civil unions, and will grant</div>

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The south's civil service is huge, containing both Khartoum's former employees and the thousands who served in rebel-held areas as administrators. Hiring more people, including women who have returned to the South with skills, has been discouraged and bad

<div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">The south's civil service is huge, containing both Khartoum's former employees and the thousands who served in rebel-held areas as administrators. Hiring more people, including women who have returned to the South with skills, has been discouraged and bad</div>

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Karl Polanyi's The Great Transformation: perverse effects, protectionism and Gemeinscha... - 0 views

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Drawing upon Karl Polanyi's journalistic writings and unpublished lectures from the 1920s and 1930s, this article reconstructs the lineaments of his research programme that was to assume its finished form in The Great Transformation. It identifies and cor

<div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">Drawing upon Karl Polanyi's journalistic writings and unpublished lectures from the 1920s and 1930s, this article reconstructs the lineaments of his research programme that was to assume its finished form in The Great Transformation. It identifies and cor</div>

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A Question of Compatibility: Feminism and Islam in Turkey - Critique: Critical Middle E... - 0 views

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This article compares the views of Turkish secular feminist and Islamist activists and/or scholars with respect to the question of the compatibility of Islam and feminism. The issue of whether Islam is compatible with feminism has been a subject of debate

<div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">This article compares the views of Turkish secular feminist and Islamist activists and/or scholars with respect to the question of the compatibility of Islam and feminism. The issue of whether Islam is compatible with feminism has been a subject of debate</div>

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The Complexity of Global Security Governance: An Analytical Overview - Global Society - 0 views

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By suggesting predictable and controllable patterns of development, the literature on global governance seems to simplify the world for decision-making tractability. In this respect, security narratives often remain analytically frozen, while the dynamics

<div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">By suggesting predictable and controllable patterns of development, the literature on global governance seems to simplify the world for decision-making tractability. In this respect, security narratives often remain analytically frozen, while the dynamics</div>

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