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Aminatou update
[UPDATE: yeah. Haidar back in El Aaiun & passed customs w/o passport, on Spanish papers] Short update on the Aminatou Haidar stalemate, which may be about to finally resolve itself one way or the … more →
Maghreb Politics Review
Luxembourg, Bruxelles, Paris—on y va!
wrote 3 days ago: Tomorrow at 6:30 I leave for the second of the three official European Union tours: the so-called … more →
Yang over Yin? Multi-dimensional Thinking
wrote 3 days ago: By Jon Bourn Memory forms character, it cannot be made into stigma. As with the void of politics whi … more →
How can we stop our politicians kissing chickens?
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wrote 1 week ago: David Farrell (February 20, 2011) Early in the campaign I happened on a radio story in which the int … more →
Social Network Media and Revolution
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wrote 1 week ago: In the wake of the revolutionary changes that have (hopefully) taken place in Tunisia and Egypt, muc … more →
Two brains, neither working
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wrote 1 week ago: Every so often, a Coalition Minister departs from the script in a way that reveals the reality behin … more →
Big Society Blues
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wrote 2 weeks ago: The problem for David Cameron is not that the the Big Society is controversial. Cameron’s bigger pr … more →
The "Battle Hymn of the Tiger Mother" Controversy
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wrote 2 weeks ago: Amy Chua points out where Western mothers have it all wrong in “Battle Hymn of the Tiger Mothe … more →
Pluralism and the Democratic Landscape
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wrote 2 weeks ago: EGYPT IS FREE. Free to celebrate the exit of a despot. Free to congratulate the spirit that moved t … more →
Announcement: School is cool
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wrote 3 weeks ago: Well mostly. At any rate I’m almost as excited about my classes as dear DanRad is: Shocking, I … more →
Recognizing the Language of Tyranny
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wrote 3 weeks ago: AP February 6, 2011: By Chris Hedges Recognizing the Language of Tyranny Empires communicate … more →
Fianna Fail reform: radical but too late?
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wrote 3 weeks ago: Fianna Fail has released their manifesto today. There is a large section on political reform, coveri … more →
Deconstructing Cameron on multiculturalism
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wrote 3 weeks ago: David Cameron’s speech to an international conference on terrorism, in which he announced the death … more →
China and Civil Society
wrote 3 weeks ago: This week in IS 210 we addressed the concept of civil society–its institutions, and the relati … more →
Cameron, customers and the NHS
wrote 1 month ago: This morning on the BBC’s Breakfast programme, David Cameron gave the clearest possible indication o … more →
Links to Articles and other Sources on State Capacity
wrote 1 month ago: For your first paper assignment (IS 210) you will be required to compare the nature of the state in … more →
Private schools and the Tory culture of bullying
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wrote 1 month ago: Yesterday, I blogged about Andrew Neil’s film Posh and Posher, which described the hold private scho … more →
Bolivia's Literate Political Culture
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wrote 1 month ago: While sitting in the midst of the massive coca chew-in in Cochabamba’s central square, the ove … more →
Video Glossary: Democracy, Sticks and Stones: Can Words Ever Hurt Us?
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wrote 1 month ago: Hate speech leads to emotional harm and might even inspire violence. In the wake of recent killings … more →
How to read tables of statistical regression results
wrote 1 month ago: Next week–January 21st–we’ll be looking at the debate between cultural and rationa … more →
