We praise democracy most of the time, but we practice it as if we had accepted every argument against it, as if we believed it must depress the level of culture and of public life
Quote of the day
 Avaaz/Mugabe Petition Email & RSSSign up to oD's editorial summaries email:
NavigationThe World
|
 |
David StyanDavid Styan teaches in the school of politics, Birkbeck College, London. He is editor of Underdevelopment in Ethiopia (Addis Ababa, Ossrea, 2004), a posthumous collection of essays by Eshetu Chole, Ethiopia's leading 20th-century economist. Recent articlesTony Blair and Africa - old images, new realities A proclaimed "year of Africa" is deaf to the ways that the most global of 21st-century citizens – Africans living in the rich north – are reinventing their home countries' economies, says David Styan. |
|
50.50Podcast: Women and Memory, a report from Egypt In the blog: Positive Anger, Zainab Magdy Elections Most discussed articles...
|
