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On ‘domestic’ issues such as the introduction of new medical technologies or pharmaceuticals governments will often...
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Published on: 3 May 2012

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The last thirty years has seen the re-emergence of a civil economic challenge, side by side with the advance of...
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Thinking about politics and the internet: time to update our perspective

Published on: 2 May 2012

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We need a politics of the internet focused as much on creativity and imagination as on structure, space and intersection
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Arab Spring: flowers faded, harvest to come

Published on: 1 May 2012

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The short-term fate of the Arab revolution in each particular state will depend on the nuisance capacity of several...
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The deep structure of the European crisis

Published on: 30 April 2012

Written by: Ferenc Miszlivetz All articles by Ferenc Miszlivetz

Instead of deepening integration, the famous Franco-German engine now represented by the Merkozy-Sarkel tandem has...
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Global Civil Society 2012: ten years of ‘politics from below’

Published on: 30 April 2012

Written by: Mary Kaldor All articles by Mary Kaldor

The question we ask is whether today’s generation of protestors represent the harbingers of a new emancipatory...

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