Trashing democracy in Bogotá
The career of Gustavo Petro, mayor of Bogotá, is on the line after allegations that he mismanaged the city’s waste collection contracts. While global media is focused on the implications … Continue reading
Economic Contribution of the Urban Poor
Originally posted on Terra Urban टेरा अर्बन:
The illegitimate status of our urban poor has generally classified this section of the society as a ‘burden to the city’. However, a recent study…
The [R]evolutionary City
Originally posted on DEMOCRACITIES:
by Nathan Mahaffey ABSTRACT: Understanding the city requires understanding its processes of development. This essay stirs a dialectical exploration between social processes of ‘evolution’ and ‘revolution’. …
Why are human rights NGOs in emerging powers not emerging?
Lucia Nader – Middle-income BRICS (Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa) countries are becoming more politically prominent, appearing on the covers of magazines and newspapers in the developed world, … Continue reading
The Politics of Evidence
Conference Report – Who decides what data is needed, how it should be collected – and why and how it is used as evidence? What drives their choices? Politics of what … Continue reading
The 7 Points on Alleviating Poverty
Originally posted on Transnational Planning:
The 7 Points to Alleviating Poverty Continuing from the article on the oversimplification of “poverty”, to developing principles that will help navigate the complex landscape…
Populism, its opposites, and its contentious relationship with democracy
Cristóbal Rovira Kaltwasser – The recent Eurocrisis has shown a fact that is relatively obvious for observers of Latin American and US politics, namely, that populism can be both right-wing … Continue reading
Japan shrinks
Nicholas Eberstadt – Many nations have ageing populations, but none can quite match Japan. Its experience holds lessons for other countries as well as insights into the distinctiveness of Japanese … Continue reading
Three mistakes we’re still making about Smart Cities
Originally posted on The Urban Technologist:
(David Willets, MP, Minister for Universities and Science, launches the UK Government’s Smart Cities Forum) (I was asked this week to contribute my view…
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