After decades of ideological struggle, much of it in the service of an elusive socialist ideal, Latin America has embraced liberalism--democracy and unfettered markets. But liberalism has triumphed more by default than through exuberance. The region's democracies are fragile and…
"Tracing the Victorian literary crisis over the representation of working-class women to the 1842 parliamentary blue book on mines and its controversial images of women at work, Hidden Hands argues that the female industrial worker became more dangerous to represent than the pro…
"Tracing the Victorian literary crisis over the representation of working-class women to the 1842 parliamentary blue book on mines and its controversial images of women at work, Hidden Hands argues that the female industrial worker became more dangerous to represent than the pro…
Adopting an interdisciplinary approach, this text focuses on survival strategies developed at local levels in response to changing cultural, political and economic structures in Eastern Europe and the former Soviet Union.
Kritisch politiek essay over de gebreken van de democratie, waarbij een gedecentraliseerd stelsel op basis van zelfbeschikking als alternatief wordt gepresenteerd.
"The globalization gap reveals how globalization is spreading poverty, disease, and the disintegration of traditional cultures. A few "winners" are using their wealth to buffer themselves against these radical transformations. But, in most places, the new wealth generated by glo…
"The globalization gap reveals how globalization is spreading poverty, disease, and the disintegration of traditional cultures. A few "winners" are using their wealth to buffer themselves against these radical transformations. But, in most places, the new wealth generated by glo…
Using case studies drawn from Latin America, Africa, India and Eastern Europe, this volume examines the role of courts as a channel for social transformation for excluded sectors of society in contemporary democracies. With a focus on social rights litigation in post-authoritari…
Contributed articles presented at conference.
