Saskia Sassen & Richard Sennett - guest editors 14 February 2011

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This week’s theme: Failures of the Liberal State and responses on the ground

Published on: 11 February 2011

Written by: Richard Sennett All articles by Richard Sennett

Written by: Saskia Sassen All articles by Saskia Sassen

In thinking through the issues we were struck by how often failures happen at the level of the national state...

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A new social composition

Published on: 10 February 2011

Written by: Mario Antonio Santucho All articles by Mario Antonio Santucho

The neat division we assume between the well-regulated economy and the informal, underground economy is not the...

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KEIN

Published on: 8 February 2011

Written by: Florian Schneider All articles by Florian Schneider

Have we had enough of all sorts of fabricated fiction that reduce and limit complex realities towards more or less...

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Regulating sexual citizenship in Singapore

Published on: 8 February 2011

Written by: Ann Brooks All articles by Ann Brooks

Written by: Lionel Wee All articles by Lionel Wee

Since 1985, the state has manifested a steady trend towards greater awareness of the need to show respect for...

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The space between

Published on: 8 February 2011

Written by: Attiq Uddin Ahmed All articles by Attiq Uddin Ahmed

Written by: Sarah Natasha Ahmad All articles by Sarah Natasha Ahmad

Real change can only be achieved by responsible civic actors inhabiting the centre and reclaiming lost psychological...

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Power and powerlessness in global cities

Published on: 7 February 2011

Written by: Sophie Body-Gendrot All articles by Sophie Body-Gendrot

How does today’s globalization transform our perceptions of urban inequality and how do we respond to it? Inequality...

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Contradictions of ‘development’ in contemporary India

Published on: 7 February 2011

Written by: Swapna Banerjee-Guha All articles by Swapna Banerjee-Guha

Is India moving on a path towards segregating society, enclaving economic space in a way that essentially excludes...

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How the left is losing the war on trafficking

Published on: 7 February 2011

Written by: Rhacel Salazar Parreñas All articles by Rhacel Salazar Parreñas

Based on her fieldwork research on Filipinas in the sex industries in Japan, the author examines the traps and...

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Facts on the ground in Afghanistan: a village perspective

Published on: 7 February 2011

Written by: Giuliano Battiston All articles by Giuliano Battiston

Let’s try asking Afghan people: “Has the west failed in Afghanistan?”

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Social democracy: in crisis the world over

Published on: 7 February 2011

Written by: Neal Lawson All articles by Neal Lawson

The crisis of social democracy is closely linked to that of capitalism. How should it respond to the sharp reminder...

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Justice for Janitors campaign: open-sourcing labour conflicts against global neo-liberalism

Published on: 7 February 2011

Written by: Valery Alzaga All articles by Valery Alzaga

New forms of shared strategy and campaigning are taking on the worst effects of fiercely competitive neoliberal...

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