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World Policy Journal (2018) 35 (2): 94–105.
Published: 01 June 2018
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Published: 01 March 2016
“Against racial discrimination / social justice for all / Cubans / that nobody misses the big / May 1st parade.” ORIENTE “Against racial discrimination / social justice for all / Cubans / that nobody misses the big / May 1st parade.”. / ORIENTE More
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World Policy Journal (2017) 34 (4): 28–29.
Published: 01 December 2017
... Copyright © 2017 World Policy Institute 2017 ANATOMY SOCIAL MOBILITY World Policy Journal compared Indigenous and non-Indigenous populations across Latin America and found that Indigenous peoples receive less education, are placed in jobs that require less expertise...
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World Policy Journal (2016) 33 (2): 37–41.
Published: 01 June 2016
...Urvashi Kaul Urvashi Kaul explores the use of Social Capital Credits, a tool used to reinforce and create grass-roots community networks in cities across the world. She writes about her experiences in Kumasi, Ghana, implementing a program where people perform socially beneficial activities to earn...
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World Policy Journal (2014) 31 (3): 3–8.
Published: 01 September 2014
... of social media. Valgeir Valdimarsson founded Takk Takk, an award-winning agency that helps Iceland’s companies use social media to make friends and influence people. Nwachukwu Egbunike, media researcher in Ibadan, specializes in social media, political participation, and social movements. He...
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World Policy Journal (2016) 33 (3): 39–44.
Published: 01 September 2016
...Rebecca L. Spang The history of money is normally told as a series of material changes and technological improvements, but historian Rebecca L. Spang argues that this version of the past obscures the monetary inequality that exists today. Money is a social and political fact as much...
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World Policy Journal (2017) 34 (1): 119–123.
Published: 01 March 2017
... argues that transparency laws must also be accompanied by efforts to promote social inclusion and economic development. Copyright © 2017 World Policy Institute 2017 labor trafficking modern-day slavery supply chains Mat Isa holds a fishing net given to him as part of Cambodia’s...
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World Policy Journal (2004) 20 (4): 48–56.
Published: 01 December 2004
..., and are increasingly nomic and social development in the region, staying away from the polls on election day. one that focuses more on an equitable shar­ Opinion surveys in these countries reveal ing of the costs and benefits of transition that large percentages of the population in than on straightforward...
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World Policy Journal (2012) 29 (3): 15–21.
Published: 01 September 2012
... in China. World Policy Journal: You’ve used Twitter, your blog, and other forms of social media to get your messages across. How much of a tool can social media be for spreading democracy in China? Ai Weiwei: Social media is an essential part of a democracy. But in China, we don’t have...
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World Policy Journal (2015) 32 (2): 85–91.
Published: 01 June 2015
... the Internet space and take a leadership role in the global reach of social media. Indian entrepreneurs have made billions off the Internet, and the rise of Indian call centers dragged vast populations on the sub-continent into the 21st century. Tthat this technology has suddenly acquired a dark side...
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World Policy Journal (2013) 30 (2): 7–11.
Published: 01 June 2013
... European Commission President Jose Manuel Barroso . / Photo: Jock Fistick Geneva—Europe has entered an employment crisis of alarming proportions and with unpredictable social and political consequences. The figures speak for themselves. Over 27 million Europeans are unemployed—8 million more than...
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World Policy Journal (2004) 21 (3): 95–100.
Published: 01 September 2004
...: Social Democracy and the Ideological Dynamics of the Twentieth Century, Cambridge University Press, forthcoming. Three Faces of Fascism Sheri Berman Fascists M ichael M ann New York: Cambridge University Press, 2004 The Anatomy of Fascism...
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World Policy Journal (2017) 34 (3): 8–14.
Published: 01 September 2017
..., especially among the poor and working class. The region’s entrenched social inequality fostered these arrangements. Poor people lacked the economic means to form stable households, and with no property to pass to children they had little incentive to marry. Norms of endogamy limited marriage to one’s own...
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World Policy Journal (2003) 20 (3): 45–51.
Published: 01 September 2003
... for the Americas,” funded by the Rockefeller Foundation. The Equity Factor and Free Trade W hat the Europeans Can Teach Us S arah Anderson Trade unions in both the Western Hemi­ prosperity and social harmony. And to pro­ sphere and Eastern and Central Europe mote...
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World Policy Journal (2014) 31 (3): 41–48.
Published: 01 September 2014
... globalized world—where we could be giving ourselves the right tools to make use of globalization, from a social perspective. WPJ: What do you see as the future of the Pirate Party? You’re now one of its main leaders Europe-wide. Do you see this becoming an increasingly expanding European movement? Do...
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World Policy Journal (2018) 35 (2): 70–74.
Published: 01 June 2018
...Kristen R. Ghodsee SOVIETECA SOVIETECA Copyright © 2018 World Policy Institute 2018 Of course, enlightened constitutions do not eradicate everyday sexism, and Eastern European societies are still infused with male chauvinism. But the culture of state socialism did profoundly shift...
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World Policy Journal (2001) 18 (1): 94–100.
Published: 01 March 2001
... street pro­ in German politics that there is little in the tests nor Molotov cocktails nor revolution­ coalition agreement that would offend an ary parties were likely to overthrow the old-school Christian Democrat. Over the capitalist order. Rather, the answer was in a years, the Social Democrats...
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World Policy Journal (2018) 35 (1): 16–22.
Published: 01 March 2018
... of everyday speech. Being in therapy is considered normal for middle- and upper-class porteños , while talking about one’s traumas and psychological problems is standard fare at social gatherings. Growing up in the late 1960s and the early 1970s in a Jewish, middle-class family, I was sent to a child...
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World Policy Journal (2011) 28 (1): 19–24.
Published: 01 March 2011
... enemy. Recovery to business-as-usual is the enemy. Our current wilderness—economic and social—is a space where we can come to know ourselves better. But I am hopeful. In the scores of conversations I've had over the years with groups of young entrepreneurs, I have invited them to consider which...
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World Policy Journal (2013) 30 (3): 23–30.
Published: 01 September 2013
... to the growing presence of Russian advisers. SORM is also not the only surveillance technology imported from Russia to the other CIS countries. The Semantic Archive, the favorite technology of monitoring social networks, was installed in Ukraine, Belarus, and Kazakhstan—much to the delight, and profit, of Denis...
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