Tales about socialist inheritance and governance Part I – An understanding of...
Essentially, governance is about governing mechanisms which are not prescribed and implemented from a single direction only. Postsocialism (or postcommunism) is about distinct patterns of social,...
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In 2009, many received wisdoms of late capitalism are crumbling. To mention a few disappointments, which it didn’t take a telescope to see from a mile away, No – we haven’t overcome the business cycle....
View ArticleRock the town hall. American town hall meetings, democracy and governance
„Obama Lies, Grandma Dies“, „Obamahdinejad“ or „euthanasia bill“ are slogans you find on protest poster angry people hold up at town hall meetings, where the US health care reform is debated. In...
View ArticleRegulating Over the Counter Derivatives: Is Global Agreement Possible?
This post is provided by our “guest blogger” Glenn Morgan. Glenn Morgan is Professor of Organisational Behaviour and Associate Dean for Research at Warwick Business School. The last few weeks have seen...
View ArticleSecuritization Revisited (1): Inside the shadow banking system
This is the first part of a three-part series on the regulation of securitization before and after the crisis. Why were the banks so affected by the run on the shadow banking sector, which was formally...
View ArticleThe “invisible epidemic”: non-communicable diseases
Historically, infectious diseases such as HIV/AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria have been at the center of global health initiatives, as they easily spread across national borders and threatened the lives...
View ArticleThe “invisible epidemic” (2): To be, or not to be (on the MDGs), that is the...
Thirteen years ago the largest-ever gathering of world leaders took place on 8 September 2000 at the United Nations (UN) General Assembly in New York, where the UN Millennium Declaration was made. The...
View ArticleBordercrossing CfP: “Constructing Alternatives”
“How can we organize for alternative social, economic, and ecological balance?” is the overriding question of the 2014 LAEMOS Meeting on “Constructing Alternatives”. The organisers of the conference...
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