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A Millennium Democratic Goal for Ethiopia: Some Conceptual Issues - Africa Today - Vol... - 0 views

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This paper proposes an Ethiopian Democratic Millennium Goal that articulates freedom, development, and social justice. It examines how the conceptual stretching of democracy, nation, and civil society has created epistemic obstacles that prevent Ethiopian

<div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">This paper proposes an Ethiopian Democratic Millennium Goal that articulates freedom, development, and social justice. It examines how the conceptual stretching of democracy, nation, and civil society has created epistemic obstacles that prevent Ethiopian</div>

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Is Global Governance Bad for East Asian Queers? - GLQ: A Journal of Lesbian and Gay St... - 0 views

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The rise of transnational systems and networks of governance and norms since the 1990s has fostered the hope that a new global order, described by the UN as "global governance," operating through shared goals, purposes, and values as well as consensus for

<div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">The rise of transnational systems and networks of governance and norms since the 1990s has fostered the hope that a new global order, described by the UN as "global governance," operating through shared goals, purposes, and values as well as consensus for</div>

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Does international democracy promotion work? - 0 views

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This paper addresses the question "does international democracy promotion work?" It argues that the simple answer is both yes and no, and that it all depends - on how we define democracy promotion and its objectives, and on which particular approaches, me

<div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">This paper addresses the question "does international democracy promotion work?" It argues that the simple answer is both yes and no, and that it all depends - on how we define democracy promotion and its objectives, and on which particular approaches, me</div>

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Can schooling contribute to a more just society? -- Apple 3 (3): 239 -- Education, Citi... - 0 views

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This article combines discussions of the politics of education with personal story telling to remind us why the continuing struggle over schooling - over what is and is not taught, over how it is taught and evaluated, over how students with different char

<div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">This article combines discussions of the politics of education with personal story telling to remind us why the continuing struggle over schooling - over what is and is not taught, over how it is taught and evaluated, over how students with different char</div>

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Democracy and robust hope: Queensland's education and training reforms for the future -... - 0 views

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A key aim of democratic public policy should be the provision of hope. It is often argued that a key element of hope is not only a drive for equity in the face of neo-liberal marketization, but also the opportunity for the practice of agency by (especiall

<div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">A key aim of democratic public policy should be the provision of hope. It is often argued that a key element of hope is not only a drive for equity in the face of neo-liberal marketization, but also the opportunity for the practice of agency by (especiall</div>

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Time for New Beginnings on Foreign Aid - Embassy - 0 views

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At the core of a $4-billion overall range of aid expenditures abroad, CIDA and its future needs a broad debate. Canadian foreign aid is in genuine need of a refocusing and re-organization. As we sit now, CIDA is too bureaucratic, too risk averse, too over

<div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">At the core of a $4-billion overall range of aid expenditures abroad, CIDA and its future needs a broad debate. Canadian foreign aid is in genuine need of a refocusing and re-organization. As we sit now, CIDA is too bureaucratic, too risk averse, too over</div>

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NET GAINS IN POLITICAL PARTICIPATION: Secondary effects of Internet on community - Info... - 0 views

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Broad and diverse civic participation is essential to a democratic society. Studies of opinion leadership show that politically active citizens report that Internet information and communication helped increase civic involvement by enabling them to keep u

<div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">Broad and diverse civic participation is essential to a democratic society. Studies of opinion leadership show that politically active citizens report that Internet information and communication helped increase civic involvement by enabling them to keep u</div>

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Symposium: Contract and Domination by Carole Pateman and Charles W. Mills - Journal of ... - 0 views

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Practitioners of the liberal contractarian tradition of political theory complacently assume that merely to write about 'individuals' and to disregard social or political context is an intellectually persuasive and sustainable position. This assumption re

<div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">Practitioners of the liberal contractarian tradition of political theory complacently assume that merely to write about 'individuals' and to disregard social or political context is an intellectually persuasive and sustainable position. This assumption re</div>

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What does history tells us about the prospects for democracy in post-invasion Iraq and Afghanistan? American policy makers frequently referenced the post-World War II success stories of Germany and Japan as plausible futures for the imposed democratic reg

<div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">What does history tells us about the prospects for democracy in post-invasion Iraq and Afghanistan? American policy makers frequently referenced the post-World War II success stories of Germany and Japan as plausible futures for the imposed democratic reg</div>

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A Conversation With Michelle Bachelet - Council on Foreign Relations - 0 views

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The United Nations should become a proactive agent in the dissemination of democratic principles. U.N. Democracy Fund, an American-led initiative that has enjoyed the active support of Chile's member of its board, should continue to grant resources to gr

<div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">The United Nations should become a proactive agent in the dissemination of democratic principles. U.N. Democracy Fund, an American-led initiative that has enjoyed the active support of Chile's member of its board, should continue to grant resources to gr</div>

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Peacebuilding, Statebuilding, Nationbuilding - Turtles All the Way Down? - Civil Wars - 0 views

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Peacebuilding has not been the success the world had hoped for when in June 1992 the then Secretary-General of the United Nations Boutros Boutros-Ghali put forward the 'Agenda for Peace'. The Agenda refashioned the traditional doctrine of the UN, accordin

<div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">Peacebuilding has not been the success the world had hoped for when in June 1992 the then Secretary-General of the United Nations Boutros Boutros-Ghali put forward the 'Agenda for Peace'. The Agenda refashioned the traditional doctrine of the UN, accordin</div>

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Post-conflict Statebuilding and State Legitimacy: From Negative to Positive Peace? - De... - 0 views

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This article is concerned with the potential that statebuilding interventions have to institutionalize social justice, in addition to their more immediate 'negative' peace mandates, and the impact this might have, both on local state legitimacy and the ch

<div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">This article is concerned with the potential that statebuilding interventions have to institutionalize social justice, in addition to their more immediate 'negative' peace mandates, and the impact this might have, both on local state legitimacy and the ch</div>

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Introduction: Resistance to globalization in the Arab Middle East - Review of Internati... - 0 views

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The Arab region finds itself at a historical cross-road between resilience and resistance to globalization. Arab countries' short-term strategies to globalization are primarily determined by the diversification of their respective economies. Long-term adj

<div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">The Arab region finds itself at a historical cross-road between resilience and resistance to globalization. Arab countries' short-term strategies to globalization are primarily determined by the diversification of their respective economies. Long-term adj</div>

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Grassroots leadership in the Network of Healthy Communities in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil: ... - 0 views

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Based on ethnographic research conducted with the Network of Healthy Communities in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, this article examines how grassroots leaders have sought networks and partnerships as a strategy to amplify and strengthen their work, particularly

<div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">Based on ethnographic research conducted with the Network of Healthy Communities in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, this article examines how grassroots leaders have sought networks and partnerships as a strategy to amplify and strengthen their work, particularly</div>

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Grassroots women's leadership and 'deepening democracy': the Huairou Commission's Local... - 0 views

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Grassroots women's leadership is important if democracy is to be 'deepened' - that is, if representative democracies are to formally include citizen participation in more ways than simply voting in elections. One approach to deepening democracy is to enco

<div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">Grassroots women's leadership is important if democracy is to be 'deepened' - that is, if representative democracies are to formally include citizen participation in more ways than simply voting in elections. One approach to deepening democracy is to enco</div>

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The principle of democracy is one of equal dignity for all cultures. But today the relationship between culture and politics, though close, often appears tense and occasionally contradictory. The introduction to this issue of Diogenes sketches the work do

<div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">The principle of democracy is one of equal dignity for all cultures. But today the relationship between culture and politics, though close, often appears tense and occasionally contradictory. The introduction to this issue of Diogenes sketches the work do</div>

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Remembering the Destruction of Muoroto: Slum Demolitions, Land and Democratisation in K... - 0 views

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Since colonial times, violent urban displacements have been part of politics in Africa. As 'Operation Sweep up the Rubbish', the massive slum demolition in Zimbabwe, illustrates, large-scale violent urban displacements persist in many parts of the contine

<div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">Since colonial times, violent urban displacements have been part of politics in Africa. As 'Operation Sweep up the Rubbish', the massive slum demolition in Zimbabwe, illustrates, large-scale violent urban displacements persist in many parts of the contine</div>

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Institutions, Islam and Democracy Promotion: Explaining the Resilience of the Authorita... - 0 views

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It is a rather sad indictment of Arab politics today that the word democratization has virtually disappeared from research-based literature on the Middle East. Early optimism during the first half of the 1990s that the so-called third and fourth waves1 of

<div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">It is a rather sad indictment of Arab politics today that the word democratization has virtually disappeared from research-based literature on the Middle East. Early optimism during the first half of the 1990s that the so-called third and fourth waves1 of</div>

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CIP Americas Policy Program | The Failure of U.S. "Democracy Promotion" in Bolivia - 0 views

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After months of bloodshed, violence, and vandalism, Bolivia may finally be back on the path to non-violent institutional reforms-no thanks to the U.S. government.

<div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">After months of bloodshed, violence, and vandalism, Bolivia may finally be back on the path to non-violent institutional reforms-no thanks to the U.S. government.</div>

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David Miller's theory of global justice. A brief overview - Critical Review of Internat... - 0 views

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Contemporary political philosophy has only recently witnessed a widespread emergence of analyses of justice beyond the context of the nation-state. When modern political philosophers devised principles of justice in the past, they typically took for grant

<div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">Contemporary political philosophy has only recently witnessed a widespread emergence of analyses of justice beyond the context of the nation-state. When modern political philosophers devised principles of justice in the past, they typically took for grant</div>

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