… the State and its Relation to Low-Intensity Democracy: The Case of Haiti
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Ray Silvius & Neil Burron, Political Science
Networks of Power: The World Water Council in Global and Local Contexts
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Emma Lui, Political Economy
Spatial Strategies in the Policing of Protest: The Liberal Democratic State and the Contestation of Public Space
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Tags: democracy, development, diaspora, dissent, economy, globalization, protest, water

… Protest: The Liberal Democratic State and the Contestation of Public Space
In the contemporary era of increased economic globalization, the role of the state as the entity embodying supreme political authority has come under scrutiny. One reading of it views state sovereignty as being deterritorialized and transcending to a global level, while another post 9/11 view suggests that the …

Tags: capitalism, democracy, geography, global justice, globalization, law, police, politics, protest

… violence brought to life memories of colonialism and of the Algerian War, conveniently forgotten by the French officials. Moreover, the emeutes questioned the effectiveness of various social, economic and educational policies meant to erase de boundaries between immigrants and French citizens. Most importantly, the emeutes, seen as moments of vulnerability for the immigrant populations in …

Tags: Africa, Algeria, community, diaspora, France, media, migration, protest

… this newly developed spirit. This paper traces the development of this complex urban phenomenon and examines how Parliamentarians came to attribute many of the social ills of the day, including criminal activity, to gin drinking. It is seen that the passage of the Gin Acts were counterproductive and in themselves a source of crime. It is explored how, through these Acts, Parliament sought to …

Comment by Lamont: … the first drug laws in Canada, which …

… the political-economic implications of technological transformation and reflect on the social effects of producing, communicating and existing in virtual space. Although the use of online social networking is nothing new, the emergence of virtual worlds such as Second Life provide for unique opportunities to examine changing trends in the governing of societies and the self, as well as in the …

… developing public policy and regulation in Canada. As a case study, I am looking at the current proposed amendments to the Health of Animals Regulations, which govern the transport of farmed animals. By examining how animal welfare is understood and constructed through the dialogue surrounding these amendments my research explores how dominant ideas of ‘animal welfare’ may affect …

… their new lives in their new country. These ideal images are based on hopes of a better, more plentiful, and freer life which could not be found in Algeria due to poverty, the heritage of French colonialism, and ethnic segregation. In The Suffering of the Immigrant, Abdelmalek Sayad presents a series of interviews with Algerian immigrants who arrived in France with similar hopes. One man …

… Music in the Digital Age
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Jim Dooley, Political Economy
Marxxxist Alienation: Sexual Anthropomorphism of Realdolls™ and Construction of Man
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Elizabeth Record, Political Economy
North American Integration and Copyright Policy: The Case of Canada
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Blayne Haggart, Political Science
Discussant: Eliot Che, Political Economy …

… views pertaining to various forms of sexual relationships between humans, it is generally held that as long as such interactions occur between consenting adults they are “healthy.” Of course, one could speak of traditional-religious conceptions of heterosexual, monogamous and procreative sexual partnerships as being the only virtuous expression of love; however an increasing number …

Comment by Patricia: … sex trade workers, and then state, …

… every level. The Federal Government has done a surprisingly good job at maintaining vast areas of untouched wilderness and countless nature enthusiasts delight in the joys of ascending craggy peaks that tower over fields of cherry blossoms, interspersed with gnarly coniferous trees, in National Parks that span the peninsula. To reach the summit of most of these mountains, parks officials have …

Comment by David Carson: … tossing their wrappers, soju bottles …

… Political Economy at Carleton University is holding its 9th annual graduate studies conference this week. In coming weeks, Cultural Shifts will be posting a selection of papers from the event.
If you are in Ottawa, Canada, and would like to attend, the conference details are below. The event is open and free to the general public.

QUESTIONING BOUNDARIES: The Political Economy of …

… Expropriation: Who is the Neo-Expropriater?
Primitive accumulation - a concept Marx previously used for addressing the initial inhumane stage of capitalism at which both the expropriation of the producers from the means of production and transformation of them into wage-labourers took place - has long been an absent reference point within the social sciences. Given that the academics …

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… Brazilian clear cutting for the production of beef.
In Spain there is little or no mention of this sort of news.
It’s 6 billion hectares!!! How can it be kept quiet?
“Revolta”
malditos comedores de carniça, essa foto mostra outra cidade de outro estado de outro pais,,,,,,,,, e outro otario pos-fogo…….. talvez nós não dassemos tanta importancia se …

… mass consumption, to dance in the long corridors of Walmart.
I’m ashamed to share this so called graffiti platform with some one like Fairey but I don’t wish him harm and I don’t believe he should stop promoting creativity and design. When I see one of his “graffiti” posters in the streets of Barcelona, I feel that I’m looking at a brand like any other …

Comment by mejuan: … view. It’s as valid as …

… nation states remains intact - and with it, nationalist sentiment from Argentina to Yemen, and everywhere in between - but it is in transition. While in 1991, Benedict Anderson proclaimed, “nation-ness is the most universally legitimate value in the political life of our time” (3), increasingly today, the focus of public discourse is on the ineluctable forces of …