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Britain’s welfare state – an outsider’s view
Written by Dominika Kaczkowska
High numbers of pensioners, young people’s drive for education and prosperity and the growing gap between the young and the rich are all changing the British landscape. The welfare state which provides assistance to all of its citizens is slowly dying and being replaced by a new way of thinking: […]
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La pronta justicia como base del contrato social: el caso del juicio por genocidio en Guatemala
Written by vlemus
Abstract: Guatemala is to hold the first genocide trial in Latin America in March 2013. A former president and some other high-rank Army generals and colonels will be also facing trial under the accusation of ordering a series of massacres against Mayan population between 1982 and 1983. But since the […]
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Open and Connected: Impressions from the Social Media Week Hamburg and Paris
Written by Mario Wiedemann
This year, Social Media Week celebrated its fifth birthday. Ten cities all over the world were hosts of this truly global conference. The organizers marked this milestone with a unifying global theme that explored openness in a connected and collaborative world. Future Challenges first got in contact with Social Media […]
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The Jan Lokpal Anti-Corruption Bill – the State Vs. the People of India!
Written by Parthajit Dasgupta
69 years since independence and India is still battling against a parasite called corruption. When the people of India voted for democracy, little did they know that six decades later, they will be wrapped in a emotional tug of war with the state and the governance.
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Preventing the rollback of democracy in Pakistan
Written by M. Farhan Janjua
A couple of days ago, the country faced a nationwide electricity blackout for several hours when the main national grid station tripped and backups crashed. When we heard the news, the first thought that ran through the minds of many people, myself included, was that perhaps the army had overthrown […]
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Eastern Europe: What’s a Normal Relationship with our Governments?
Written by Corina Murafa
The Future Challenges question of the month asks what citizens can expect from their governments in the future. In all honesty, I think they can only expect as much as they demand. My proposition, and a lesson I’ve learnt from living in Eastern Europe, Western Europe and the United States, […]
