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Global Democratic Theory: A Critical Introduction by Daniel Bray and Steven Slaughter. Cambridge: Polity Press, 2015. 272 pp, £55 hardcover 978-0-7456-8087-3, £16.99…
In this interview, Bue Rübner Hansen and Cameron Thibos explore how cities and activists across Europe are fighting their national governments to better welcome refugees.
Cameron…
For decades, the US has used sanctions against countries and regimes where they seek to encourage change. But what determines whether or not the US imposes sanctions in the first…
Nadia Daar argues that Jim Kim’s upcoming interview for the position of World Bank President should be an opportunity rather than just a formality.
Preparing for an…
Veronica Barassi explores digital parenthood and the everyday construction of children’s digital profiles. She argues that children’s data flows are not only…
Tine De Moor is an historian whose research focuses on the commons and what she calls ‘Institutions for Collective Action’. Her work emphasises long-term and…
Simon John James argues that the political Wells still might have something to teach us.
No writer is more renowned for his ability to foresee the future than HG Wells. His…
Drawing on growing evidence of our cooperative natures, Hakan Altinay argues that the Plato-to-NATO meta-narrative common to Western social science is too narrow to capture what…
Facebook has created an echo chamber by only showing its users what they want to see, which means political polarisation, hyper-partisanship and culture wars. Facebook needs to…
Indy Johar explores how international development is or at least should be changing.
Having worked with various UNDP offices and other development agencies around world over the…