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Reset - Samir Kassir's lesson - 0 views

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A lack of coherence among Western leaders, and the use of different standards in judging and then establishing relations with Arab countries on the basis of personal economic and geopolitical interests, has effectively weakened and delayed even more the e

<div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">A lack of coherence among Western leaders, and the use of different standards in judging and then establishing relations with Arab countries on the basis of personal economic and geopolitical interests, has effectively weakened and delayed even more the e</div>

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Global Voices Online » Fiji: A step towards elections? - 0 views

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First, the good news. Fiji's political parties may have taken a first step toward restoring Parliamentary democracy when they met in a cordial atmosphere Friday, March 13 with members of the military backed Interim Government and agreed on the issues to b

<div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">First, the good news. Fiji's political parties may have taken a first step toward restoring Parliamentary democracy when they met in a cordial atmosphere Friday, March 13 with members of the military backed Interim Government and agreed on the issues to b</div>

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The democratic citizen, on whose vote the legitimacy of the entire political mechanism rests, is called upon to reason using his own brain (and to vote in solitude and as an individual), and associate with others to exchange information and opinions, to c

<div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">The democratic citizen, on whose vote the legitimacy of the entire political mechanism rests, is called upon to reason using his own brain (and to vote in solitude and as an individual), and associate with others to exchange information and opinions, to c</div>

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Democracy-support and the Arab world: after the fall | open Democracy News Analysis - 0 views

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An appeal to Barack Obama to reinvigorate the United States's democracy-promotion efforts in the Arab world is based on flawed understanding both of political Islam and the real needs of the region's people, says Tarek Osman.

<div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">An appeal to Barack Obama to reinvigorate the United States's democracy-promotion efforts in the Arab world is based on flawed understanding both of political Islam and the real needs of the region's people, says Tarek Osman.</div>

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Will President Obama listen to liberal activists in the Muslim world? - washingtonpost.com - 0 views

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the groundswell for democratic change in Arab states and the broader Islamic world began before the turn of the century and continued growing even after President George W. Bush's second-term State Department mostly abandoned the cause. That's been demons

<div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">the groundswell for democratic change in Arab states and the broader Islamic world began before the turn of the century and continued growing even after President George W. Bush's second-term State Department mostly abandoned the cause. That's been demons</div>

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Pakistan crisis confirms civil society as democratic bulwark | Democracy Digest - 0 views

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Pakistan narrowly avoided turning a political stand-off into a full-blown constitutional crisis this week (see the ever-useful POMED roundup), not least due to the critical role played by civil society, especially the independent lawyers' movement.

<div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">Pakistan narrowly avoided turning a political stand-off into a full-blown constitutional crisis this week (see the ever-useful POMED roundup), not least due to the critical role played by civil society, especially the independent lawyers' movement.</div>

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Bloggers' street movement and the right to the city. (Re)claiming Cairo's real and virt... - 0 views

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Faced with formidable challenges to expression in Cairo's public spaces, urban blogger activists have developed new ways of articulating dissent, namely spatial tactics ranging from boycott campaigns, cyber-activism and protest art, to innovations in mobi

<div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">Faced with formidable challenges to expression in Cairo's public spaces, urban blogger activists have developed new ways of articulating dissent, namely spatial tactics ranging from boycott campaigns, cyber-activism and protest art, to innovations in mobi</div>

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Confronting dictatorship, democratization, and post-democratization - personal reflecti... - 0 views

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This essay tries to trace the life trajectory of an intellectual, in terms of his intellectual and social practices, who wants to live through modern Korean history via progressive activism. The trajectory can be divided into three different stages: the f

<div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">This essay tries to trace the life trajectory of an intellectual, in terms of his intellectual and social practices, who wants to live through modern Korean history via progressive activism. The trajectory can be divided into three different stages: the f</div>

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Rawls and Derrida on the Historicity of Constitutional Democracy and International Just... - 0 views

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This article explores the different perspectives that the political philosophies of John Rawls and Jacques Derrida offer us on the question of the possibility of constitutional democracy and international justice. As will become clear in section I, I also

<div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">This article explores the different perspectives that the political philosophies of John Rawls and Jacques Derrida offer us on the question of the possibility of constitutional democracy and international justice. As will become clear in section I, I also</div>

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POLITICS-US: New Calls for a More Tolerant Intl Order - 0 views

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WASHINGTON, Mar 19 (IPS) - The U.S. should stop focusing on universalising Western democracy and instead work on constructing an international order that grants full legitimacy to responsible non-democratic states, argues an influential new paper that has

<div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">WASHINGTON, Mar 19 (IPS) - The U.S. should stop focusing on universalising Western democracy and instead work on constructing an international order that grants full legitimacy to responsible non-democratic states, argues an influential new paper that has</div>

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The Limitations of Non-consociational Federalism: The Example of Pakistan - Ethnopolitics - 0 views

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Pakistan is a federation with a chequered democratic history, but this should not prevent us from analysing the ways in which its federal form has influenced identity formation and articulation. The form of Pakistan's federation has changed radically and

<div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">Pakistan is a federation with a chequered democratic history, but this should not prevent us from analysing the ways in which its federal form has influenced identity formation and articulation. The form of Pakistan's federation has changed radically and </div>

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ROUNDTABLE: Can Democracies Go It Alone? :: Ethics & International Affairs - 0 views

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Whether one calls it a "League of Democracies" (John McCain) or a "Concert of Democracies" (John Ikenberry and Anne-Marie Slaughter), the idea that democratic states should establish their own exclusive venues for international cooperation provides an opp

<div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">Whether one calls it a "League of Democracies" (John McCain) or a "Concert of Democracies" (John Ikenberry and Anne-Marie Slaughter), the idea that democratic states should establish their own exclusive venues for international cooperation provides an opp</div>

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U.S.: Washington Urged to Seek "Positive Engagement" With ICC - 0 views

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WASHINGTON, Mar 27 (IPS) - A bipartisan, blue-ribbon task force is urging the United States to formally announce a policy of "positive engagement" with the International Criminal Court (ICC) and send an observer to its 2010 Review Conference. In a report

<div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">WASHINGTON, Mar 27 (IPS) - A bipartisan, blue-ribbon task force is urging the United States to formally announce a policy of "positive engagement" with the International Criminal Court (ICC) and send an observer to its 2010 Review Conference. In a report</div>

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Democracy's Shadows: Sexual Rights and Gender Politics in the Rape Trial of Jacob Zuma ... - 0 views

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This article examines the implications of the trial of Jacob Zuma, current president of the ANC, for sexual and gender politics in South Africa. The article argues that a central, contested issue in public debates on the trial was the relationship between

<div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">This article examines the implications of the trial of Jacob Zuma, current president of the ANC, for sexual and gender politics in South Africa. The article argues that a central, contested issue in public debates on the trial was the relationship between</div>

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Debating uneven and combined development: towards a Marxist theory of 'the internationa... - 0 views

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The following is the second of a two-part section series. The first section, 'Global capitalism and the states system', brought together a diverse group of scholars to examine a number of issues raised by Alex Callinicos's article 'Does capitalism need th

<div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">The following is the second of a two-part section series. The first section, 'Global capitalism and the states system', brought together a diverse group of scholars to examine a number of issues raised by Alex Callinicos's article 'Does capitalism need th</div>

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Badiou's Axiomatic Democracy Against Cultural Politics: A Jamaican Counter-Example - Cu... - 0 views

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Alain Badiou is a fierce critic of State-based parliamentary democracy and the supposedly radical democracy that fails to disentangle itself from the Statist logic of representation. This article traces Badiou's alternative proposal of a generic democracy

<div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">Alain Badiou is a fierce critic of State-based parliamentary democracy and the supposedly radical democracy that fails to disentangle itself from the Statist logic of representation. This article traces Badiou's alternative proposal of a generic democracy</div>

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Why is there hierarchy? Democracy and the question of organisational form - Critical Re... - 0 views

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Elitist and technocratic accounts of democracy assume the necessity of leadership and hierarchy, while participatory approaches claim that organisations can be more 'horizontal' yet remain effective. To inform this debate, this paper presents a critical e

<div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">Elitist and technocratic accounts of democracy assume the necessity of leadership and hierarchy, while participatory approaches claim that organisations can be more 'horizontal' yet remain effective. To inform this debate, this paper presents a critical e</div>

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Dissent, criticism, and transformative political action in deliberative democracy - Cri... - 0 views

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Many discussions of deliberative democracy ignore or misunderstand the purposes of the ideal speech situation in Habermas' theory. These purposes are to show the possibility of dissent in actual communication and of supplying a normative standard of socia

<div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">Many discussions of deliberative democracy ignore or misunderstand the purposes of the ideal speech situation in Habermas' theory. These purposes are to show the possibility of dissent in actual communication and of supplying a normative standard of socia</div>

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Language and Democracy 'in Movement': Multilingualism and the Case of the European Soci... - 0 views

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In recent years new cross-European protests and movements have developed on global justice and within the loose platform of the European Social Forum (ESF). One of the major challenges for transnational communication and grassroots democracy within the So

<div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">In recent years new cross-European protests and movements have developed on global justice and within the loose platform of the European Social Forum (ESF). One of the major challenges for transnational communication and grassroots democracy within the So</div>

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Comparative Studies of South Asia, Africa and the Middle East - Introduction: The Thirt... - 0 views

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The Iranian revolution of 1979 surprised and challenged many observers of Iran and scholars of revolution. The revolution toppled a regime that had promoted economic development for decades and enjoyed the support of a strong military and a secret police

<div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">The Iranian revolution of 1979 surprised and challenged many observers of Iran and scholars of revolution. The revolution toppled a regime that had promoted economic development for decades and enjoyed the support of a strong military and a secret police </div>

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