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OWS: occupying the Indian imagination
Written by Ajinkya
OWS in India: Occupying the legislature rather than the Dalaal Street.
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Article: Global Civil Society. Myth or Reality?
Written by Corina Murafa
Join FutureChallenges.org for a video interview on global civil society with Prof. Helmut Anheier, PhD, Professor of Sociology and Dean at the Hertie School of Governance, Berlin. Does global civil society really exist or is it more like a cosmopolitan myth? What are its strengths and weaknesses? What global challenges […]
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Two steps forward, one step back for Arab civil society
Written by Tom Fries
James Traub, writing in Foreign Policy, discusses the failed effort of the Arab “Forum for the Future” to incorporate civil society, and its ramifications: “A Funny Thing Happened On the Way to the Forum”. Read more
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Egyptian civil society: a bellwether for the Arab Spring?
Written by Tom Fries
Did civil society in Egypt presage the uprisings in the Maghreb? Issandr El Amrani suggests that that might be the case, writing in a blog on foreignpolicy.com: “Egyptian Civil Society at Risk”. Read more
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Civil society in Iran today
Written by Tom Fries
Azar Nafisi was recently interviewed by Britt Peterson in Foreign Policy, where he discussed Iranian civil society: “a forgotten civil society”. Read more
