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Democracy’s Green Challenge as seen from Morocco
Would a democratic Morocco be more sustainable? Last month, Morocco saw one of its worst ecological disasters [Eng.] as tens of thousands of fish were found dead in the river Moulouya [Eng.]. Sustainable development advocates blamed a sugar factory in Zaïo (north eastern Morocco) as being responsible for polluting the […]
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Remittances, Migration and Youth Unemployment in India
My work requires me to take auto rickshaw rides every now and then, and on two such occasions I encountered two young men who spoke fluent English which rather took me by surprise. One of them, Sunil, noticing my raised eyebrow, said, ’Mam, I am a graduate in English Literature […]
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Shared Global Governance: What The CIA Has Taught Us Not To Do
Peter Hagen asks what happens when the separate worlds of global politics and the work of Civil Society Organisations come together.
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Take the Power Back
As the Arab Spring stretches into the Arab Summer it has become harder and bloodier for each dictator to fall. The speed with which Ben Ali was deposed shocked the world, Hosni Mubarak’s downfall took a little longer and now, after months of fighting, Muammar Gaddafi’s days appear numbered. Bahrain […]
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Governing Climate Change by Diffusion
This study aims to assess the governance capacity of Transnational Municipal Networks (TMNs) active in climate policy. For this purpose, Lukas Hakelberg performs an Event History Analysis (EHA) and two case studies, testing the impact of network membership on the likelihood of a city adopting a local climate strategy. [issuu […]