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A Very Special Life Energy: The Logic of Women Peacemakers Globally - Capitalism Nature... - 0 views

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Cynthia Cockburn, From Where We Stand: War, Women's Activism and Feminist Analysis, Zed Books, 2007. The current book delves even deeper. It involved her travelling 80,000 miles over a two-year period and visiting 91 feminist groups or organizations in f

<div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">Cynthia Cockburn, From Where We Stand: War, Women's Activism and Feminist Analysis, Zed Books, 2007. The current book delves even deeper. It involved her travelling 80,000 miles over a two-year period and visiting 91 feminist groups or organizations in f</div>

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Antecedents of Resistance: Populism and the Possibilities for Democratic Globalizations... - 0 views

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This essay theorizes globalization as not new, but rather a new iteration of the ongoing liberal dialectic between capitalism and democracy now writ large on the entire world. Using theoretical insights from Polanyi's analysis of the rise and fall of lais

<div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">This essay theorizes globalization as not new, but rather a new iteration of the ongoing liberal dialectic between capitalism and democracy now writ large on the entire world. Using theoretical insights from Polanyi's analysis of the rise and fall of lais</div>

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POLITIQUE-AFRIQUE : La constitution, un instrument juridique et de promotion ... - 0 views

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COTONOU, 2 déc (IPS) - L'un des principaux défis de l'Afrique est de veiller à ce que les constitutions reflètent les opinions de toutes les catégories de la population, notamment des groupes les plus vulnérables, comme les femmes, qui ne sont pas souvent

<div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">COTONOU, 2 déc (IPS) - L'un des principaux défis de l'Afrique est de veiller à ce que les constitutions reflètent les opinions de toutes les catégories de la population, notamment des groupes les plus vulnérables, comme les femmes, qui ne sont pas souvent</div>

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Thoughts on Anti-Civilisational Thinking: Edward Said's 'The Uses of Culture' - Geopoli... - 0 views

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I'm going to draw mainly upon Edward Said's short chapter on 'The Uses of Culture' in his collection of articles published in 2000 to discuss the need for anti-civilisational thinking. Here, Said takes on Samuel Huntington, who at the time had recently pu

<div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">I'm going to draw mainly upon Edward Said's short chapter on 'The Uses of Culture' in his collection of articles published in 2000 to discuss the need for anti-civilisational thinking. Here, Said takes on Samuel Huntington, who at the time had recently pu</div>

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LRB · Ervand Abrahamian: Who's in Charge? - 0 views

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American officials - without any trace of irony - label Iran as militaristic, aggressive, expansionist, interventionist, even as hegemonic and imperialistic. The media often echo this, depicting Iran as a cross between the Persian Empire and the Third Rei

<div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">American officials - without any trace of irony - label Iran as militaristic, aggressive, expansionist, interventionist, even as hegemonic and imperialistic. The media often echo this, depicting Iran as a cross between the Persian Empire and the Third Rei</div>

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The clientelization of ethnicity: party hegemony and indigenous political subjectivitie... - 0 views

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On three different occasions between 2003 and 2007, Channel 13 from Buenos Aires aired on Argentinean national TV nvestigative reports that were highly critical of the ruling party in the province of Formosa, the Partido Justicialista (PJ), also the gove

<div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">On three different occasions between 2003 and 2007, Channel 13 from Buenos Aires aired on Argentinean national TV nvestigative reports that were highly critical of the ruling party in the province of Formosa, the Partido Justicialista (PJ), also the gove</div>

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Global Voices Online » Fiji: How to change the government from within? - 0 views

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As the two-year anniversary of Fiji's military takeover approaches, another international governing body has called the Pacific island nation to hold elections in 2009 as once promised. This time a European Union delegation, led by German legislator Gabr

<div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">As the two-year anniversary of Fiji's military takeover approaches, another international governing body has called the Pacific island nation to hold elections in 2009 as once promised. This time a European Union delegation, led by German legislator Gabr</div>

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POPULAR LAMENTS Affective literacy, democratization and war - Cultural Studies - 0 views

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This essay focuses on the cultural literacy that popular songs of lament in the Philippines in the1970s and 1980s created and depended on and discusses the way this cultural literacy contributed to the popular revolt against the dictatorship in 1986. I fo

<div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">This essay focuses on the cultural literacy that popular songs of lament in the Philippines in the1970s and 1980s created and depended on and discusses the way this cultural literacy contributed to the popular revolt against the dictatorship in 1986. I fo</div>

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Eurozine - Can democracies deal with climate change? - Claus Leggewie, Harald Welzer - 0 views

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Rising energy costs and the eco-social consequences of climate change are causing anxieties about the future to increase, while trust in the ability of political elites to solve these problems is evaporating. Reaching eco-political targets calls for more

<div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">Rising energy costs and the eco-social consequences of climate change are causing anxieties about the future to increase, while trust in the ability of political elites to solve these problems is evaporating. Reaching eco-political targets calls for more </div>

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The Solomon Islands intervention and the instabilities of the post-colonial state - Glo... - 0 views

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Shortcomings in the prevailing discourse of 'failed states' and the practical challenges of international state-building are examined in this article through a detailed case study of the Solomon Islands, a small independent Pacific island country that sin

<div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">Shortcomings in the prevailing discourse of 'failed states' and the practical challenges of international state-building are examined in this article through a detailed case study of the Solomon Islands, a small independent Pacific island country that sin</div>

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Just when the nation-state appeared to be waning in significance, national sovereignty is back in the spotlight. The issue takes on special urgency in the United States, where sovereign right has been proclaimed persistently by the president in an attempt

<div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">Just when the nation-state appeared to be waning in significance, national sovereignty is back in the spotlight. The issue takes on special urgency in the United States, where sovereign right has been proclaimed persistently by the president in an attempt</div>

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Global governance for sustainable development: the need for policy coherence and new pa... - 0 views

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The theme of the conference - Global Governance for Sustainable Development - was chosen soon after the Conference on Insecurity and Development was held in Bonn in 2005. The Bonn conference had shown that there were more threats to human security than wa

<div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">The theme of the conference - Global Governance for Sustainable Development - was chosen soon after the Conference on Insecurity and Development was held in Bonn in 2005. The Bonn conference had shown that there were more threats to human security than wa</div>

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World state or global governmentality? Constitutive power and resistance in a post-impe... - 0 views

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This article addresses recent theoretical discussion about the state under conditions of globalisation, focusing in particular on recently popular 'world state' theory, as articulated by Martin Shaw and Alexander Wendt. It suggests that while world state

<div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">This article addresses recent theoretical discussion about the state under conditions of globalisation, focusing in particular on recently popular 'world state' theory, as articulated by Martin Shaw and Alexander Wendt. It suggests that while world state </div>

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LRB · Patrick Cockburn: America Concedes - 0 views

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The Status of Forces Agreement (SOFA), signed after eight months of rancorous negotiations, is categorical and unconditional. America's bid to act as the world's only super-power and to establish quasi-colonial control of Iraq, an attempt that began with

<div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">The Status of Forces Agreement (SOFA), signed after eight months of rancorous negotiations, is categorical and unconditional. America's bid to act as the world's only super-power and to establish quasi-colonial control of Iraq, an attempt that began with </div>

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Iraq Needs US Shield for Democracy to Work - YaleGlobal, 10 December 2008 - 0 views

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The US has a track record in guiding chaotic states toward vibrant democracies in Taiwan and South Korea, and can do so again, although the challenges are greater considering round-the-clock news coverage as well as the many complications associated with

<div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">The US has a track record in guiding chaotic states toward vibrant democracies in Taiwan and South Korea, and can do so again, although the challenges are greater considering round-the-clock news coverage as well as the many complications associated with </div>

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The Nigerian Feminist Movement: Lessons from Women in Nigeria, WIN - Review of African ... - 0 views

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In Nigeria, as in other societies, there is, and there has always been a women's movement or more correctly women's movements. These existed before, during and after colonialism. Many of these may probably not fit into the conventional definition of a mov

<div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">In Nigeria, as in other societies, there is, and there has always been a women's movement or more correctly women's movements. These existed before, during and after colonialism. Many of these may probably not fit into the conventional definition of a mov</div>

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Western democracies have seen a setback both in law and in practice, Callamard said. "Most of Western Europe and the U.S. have seen a setback through new legislation and new powers given to the police and the state. That is a part of a wide range of setba

<div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">Western democracies have seen a setback both in law and in practice, Callamard said. "Most of Western Europe and the U.S. have seen a setback through new legislation and new powers given to the police and the state. That is a part of a wide range of setba</div>

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Asia's new democracy forum: talking shop or catalyst for change? | Democracy Digest - 0 views

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The forum defines Asia along geographic rather than cultural lines in an attempt to bridge civilizational schisms, notes Benjamin Reilly, director of the Centre for Democratic Institutions at the Australian National University, an approach which includes

<div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">The forum defines Asia along geographic rather than cultural lines in an attempt to bridge civilizational schisms, notes Benjamin Reilly, director of the Centre for Democratic Institutions at the Australian National University, an approach which includes </div>

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Cambodia could be the latest Asian country to adopt tighter laws governing the activities of local and international non-governmental organisations (NGOs) -- a move many believe will put further pressure on the country's already fragile democratic space.

<div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">Cambodia could be the latest Asian country to adopt tighter laws governing the activities of local and international non-governmental organisations (NGOs) -- a move many believe will put further pressure on the country's already fragile democratic space.</div>

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This article advances the argument that there is a distinct ideology of Human Rights embedded in the International Bill of Rights (IBR). Instead of contrasting ideologies in terms of their stance on equality and liberty, it suggests employing three dimens

<div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">This article advances the argument that there is a distinct ideology of Human Rights embedded in the International Bill of Rights (IBR). Instead of contrasting ideologies in terms of their stance on equality and liberty, it suggests employing three dimens</div>

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