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Bruno Martorano on protests and social mobilization during the COVID-19 pandemic
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A world of protest
That we are living in an era of popular protest is undeniable. A quick survey of headlines from around the world — or better yet, your social media feed — reveals countless uprisings unfolding in real time...
Social conflict Good governance Social movementBlog
Our project on the institutional legacies of violent conflict
One of the most critical challenges in international development today is to understand how best to support peace, security, economic recovery, and legitimate political authority in fragile and conflict-affected countries...
Institutions Conflict Post-conflictJournal Article
Using Legal Empowerment for Labour Rights in IndiaPart of Journal Special Issue Legal Empowerment and Group-Based Inequality
Labour Judicial Legal empowermentWorking Paper
Using legal empowerment for labour rights in IndiaThis paper brings labour back into the literature on legal empowerment against poverty. Employing a historical lens, I outline three waves of legal movements. Each wave is distinguished by its timing, the state-level target, and the actors involved...
Labour Judicial Legal empowermentBlog
Economic Elites, Crises, and Austerity in 21st Century Capitalism
24 September 2014 Andrés Solimano The era of neoliberal capitalism starting by the late 1970s and early 1980s promotes free trade, capital mobility, fragmented migration, privatization, deregulation and marketization...
Capitalism Democracy Economic policyResearch Brief
The Politics of Urban Poverty ReductionForeign aid has been slow to react to the challenge of urbanization, but must do so if it is to be an effective force going forward...
Economic assistance and foreign aid Poverty measurement PovertyBook Chapter
Irregular Urbanization as a Catalyst for Radical Social Mobilization: The Case of the Housing Movements of São PauloFrom the book: Latin American Urban Development into the 21st Century
Equality and inequality Social movement Urban planningBlog
Learning How to Promote Social Protection from Cambodia’s Garment Workers
Alisa DiCaprio Innovations in social protection systems design have moved forward quickly on the supply-side over the past decade...
Employee rights Human rights Labour lawBlog
From the Editor's Desk (December 2011)
Tony Addison With the end of the year fast approaching, we bring you the last Angle of 2011. Here in Helsinki, the shortest day of the year is nearly upon us when we will have six hours of daylight...
Finance Climate change Right of propertyResearch Brief
Lessons of Experience in International Democracy SupportThe view that democracy can be good for development has held sway in influential international development policy circles for over two decades now...
Democracy Democratization International securityBlog
Resilient People, Fragile Governance: Bangladesh Achieving Middle-Income Status (Part 2)
Lucy Scott Part 1 of this article, which appeared in last month’s issue, discussed the ‘Bangladesh Paradox’ that Bangladesh has made economic and social strides forwards despite having weak governance...
Climate change Economic assistance and foreign aid Economic developmentWorking Paper
Lessons of Experience in International Democracy Support: Implications for Supporting Democratic Change in North AfricaThe so-called ‘Arab spring’ in North Africa and the Middle East in early 2011 took many political commentators by surprise...
Democracy Democratization International securityBlog
From the Editor's desk (November 2011) Tony Addison As we come to the end of November, the snow has yet to arrive in Helsinki...
Finance Climate change Raw materialsResearch Brief
Learning How to Promote Social Protection from Cambodia’s Garment WorkersInnovations in social protection systems design have moved forward quickly on the supply-side over the past decade. But the same degree of creativity has not been applied to the equally critical demand-side constraints to social protection...
Labour unions Social movement Social securityWorking Paper
The Demand Side of Social Protection: Lessons from Cambodia’s Labour Rights ExperienceIn fragile states, social protection programmes are often a kaleidoscope of projects financed and implemented by a variety of donors, government agencies and NGOs...
Labour unions Social movement Social security