The world around us is as complicated as it was never before: it consists of multiple layers and multiple actors; [ … ]
Category: Academic Papers
Are LGBT rights human rights? A queer perspective.
In this paper, I will argue that the framing of LGBT rights as human rights should be assessed on two [ … ]
Can left-wing populism revive social democracy?
This paper investigates the concept of populism, in particular in relation to the way in which left-wing traditional parties and [ … ]
Is Inter- State war still the most important form of contemporary violence?
In the decades following the end of the Cold War, there have been fundamental changes in the use of violence [ … ]
Impact of Colonialism in Contemporary Development Trajectories
The earthquake that took place in Haiti in 2010 killing over 250,000 people (Ramachandran et al, 2013) opened the debate [ … ]
Is politics a science?
“Politics, in its broadest sense, is the activity through which people make, preserve, and amend the general rules under which [ … ]
Are Human Rights Universal?
Since the establishment of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights in 1948, human rights have become deeply embedded in the [ … ]
Is the State merely a Committee for Managing the interests of Elites?
The ‘State’ is somewhat of a nuanced term in the literal sense, yet the term is widely used to describe [ … ]
How does Castells define the ‘Network Society’? What are the advantages and limitations of the concepts for understanding current societies?
The extent to which technology and the internet have revolutionized our social structures is immeasurably evident. In the last few [ … ]