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Published in: HomeThis week’s theme: Failures of the Liberal State and responses on the ground
In thinking through the issues we were struck by how often failures happen at the level of the national state...
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Published in: HomeA new social composition
The neat division we assume between the well-regulated economy and the informal, underground economy is not the...
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Published in: HomeRegulating sexual citizenship in Singapore
Since 1985, the state has manifested a steady trend towards greater awareness of the need to show respect for...
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Published in: HomeThe space between
Real change can only be achieved by responsible civic actors inhabiting the centre and reclaiming lost psychological...
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Published in: HomePower and powerlessness in global cities
How does today’s globalization transform our perceptions of urban inequality and how do we respond to it? Inequality...
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Published in: openIndiaContradictions of ‘development’ in contemporary India
Is India moving on a path towards segregating society, enclaving economic space in a way that essentially excludes...
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Published in: HomeHow the left is losing the war on trafficking
Based on her fieldwork research on Filipinas in the sex industries in Japan, the author examines the traps and...
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Published in: HomeFacts on the ground in Afghanistan: a village perspective
Let’s try asking Afghan people: “Has the west failed in Afghanistan?”
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Published in: HomeSocial democracy: in crisis the world over
The crisis of social democracy is closely linked to that of capitalism. How should it respond to the sharp reminder...
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Published in: HomeJustice for Janitors campaign: open-sourcing labour conflicts against global neo-liberalism
New forms of shared strategy and campaigning are taking on the worst effects of fiercely competitive neoliberal...