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| July 14, 2012
Democracy and Change: What are the Prospects for an “African Spring?”
| July 12, 2012
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| June 15, 2012
The Coming Elections in Zimbabwe: Hysterical Headlines and Happy Losers
Zimbabwe’s Government of National Unity (GNU) was formed three and a half years ago, a month after Barack Obama wasMore…
A Vision and a Program for the American Left: A Conversation with Roberto Mangabeira Unger on the Situation, the Task, and the Remaking of the Democratic Party
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Occupy’s Expressive Impulse
Matthew Noah Smith has written a most cogent critique of Occupy’s current direction—its prime direction, anyway. I agree with almostMore…
| September 7, 2012
The Return of the Opposition in Gabon
“I left Gabon in a wheelchair; I’ll come back on my two legs. People that have said I’m dead andMore…
| September 5, 2012
An African Lysistrata in Togo
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| June 4, 2012
Democracy in Mali: A True Festival of Robbers
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BOOK SERIES INTRODUCTION
From the Current Crisis to Possible Futures
“Today we face an abundance of crises. We use the word most for what has happened in financial markets, but there are also crises in domestic politics and global governance—crises of environmental degradation, refugees and forced migration, infectious disease, and war. Each creates both intellectual and practical puzzles. Each shapes what possible futures are open to us, but seizing more rather than less attractive futures depends on deepening our knowledge of what is going on and what is possible.”
- Craig Calhoun, Series Editor, Possible Futures Book Series
