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The idea of the nation and the surge in Sweden's xenophobic right, and Does the rise of the Sweden Democrats and the consolidation of the center right imply the end of a certain idea of social democracy in Sweden? No, argues Professor Tagardth, except to the extent that both the Social Democrats and the Alliance have... Read more » Ecuador: between rebellion and coup A police force that goes on strike, a failedcoup d’ etat, a president who wants to represent the people but excludes civil society from the decision-making process. Ecuador is again on the edge of political crisis. The immediate events are... Read more » Afghanistan's roads to stability “Afghanistan is the graveyard of Empires,” we’ve all been told. Great Britain couldn’t subdue the wily Pashtuns in the 19th century, and bands of Afghan guerrillas brought the Soviet Empire to its knees in the 20th. At the beginning of the... Read more » Targeted sanctions on Mugabe - should the EU appease Jacob Zuma? In his latest partisan move on Zimbabwe, South Africa’s PresidentJacob Zuma told Foreign Affairs Committee MEPs on Wednesday 29 September that “the international community should lift sanctions against Zimbabwe,” and claimed credit for giving... Read more » The forgotten state Throughout the late nineteenth century, European powers divided up Africa and its resources in what is now known as the ‘Scramble For Africa’. The effects were devastating. Natural resources were depleted, cultural boundaries ignored and the... Read more » Taking the right path? The Centre for Alternative Technology and the politics of radical ecology It was the election campaign that never was. Driven by the need to stimulate growth and inspire a suggestible electorate, the leaders of the three main parties placed the ‘green economy’ at the centre of their appeal to voters. Alfred North... Read more » More Recent Articles oD Drug Policy Forum: Front Line Report - Week of October 3rd, 2010, and Ed Miliband’s global moment “Know-How”, “Know-What” and the politics of knowledge for social change Ed Miliband: too light on Iraq openDemocracy RECOMMENDS The Love That Does Justice
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