During the sixth session of the G-7 Summit in Hiroshima, Japan, on May 21, Indonesian President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo underscored the right of every country to development, which must be respected. As ...

This is a preview. Log in through your library . Abstract Post-World War II theories of modernization, including theories of law and development, have proved inadequate either to explain development ...

In the spring of 1979, in my second semester of college teaching (as a visiting assistant professor of history at Oberlin), an absolutely brilliant undergraduate wrote a scathing critique of ...

A large number of couples arrive at the venue of a state-sponsored wedding reception at the Kano state governor's office after taking part in a mass wedding at the central mosque in Kano State, ...

An interesting critique of the Iranian intellectual left who had their dogmas - particularly those around anti-imperialist struggle - shattered by the events of the revolution. Also contains ...

“Ecology and capitalism, are, by their nature, in opposition” (Amin, 2009, p. 21). This blog employs a Marxist dependency framework as a useful “entry point from which to explore the contemporary ...

Jokowi is making a concerted effort to move his country beyond reliance on raw materials – and by doing so, drawing attention to a lingering legacy of colonialism.