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FOCUS: Narrating the ‘Arab Spring’, Five Years On

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February 02, 2016

Kathryn Medien If, one day, a people desires to live, then fate will answer their call And their night will then begin [...]

Viewpoint: How the exclusion of people is hollowing out our democracy

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February 02, 2016

Stefan Jonsson How many have been displaced? Over sixty million, suggests the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, UNHCR. If they [...]

On the Frontline: Vulnerable Borders – Thinking ‘The Arab Spring’ and the European border management together

By discoversociety
February 02, 2016

Amade M’charek On the 5th of March 2011 I flew to Tunisia to get a sense of what had happened in [...]

Policy Briefing: Marketisation, direct payments, disability justice and austerity

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February 02, 2016

Teodor Mladenov The marketisation of public services has been widely discussed by social policy analysts, but what is seldom emphasised in [...]

The United Nations and Postcolonial Privilege: International Responses to the Arab Spring

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February 02, 2016

Katy Harsant December 2015 marked the fifth anniversary of the beginning of a wave of revolutionary uprisings known as the Arab [...]

The Arab Spring Must Go Through Riyadh

By discoversociety
February 02, 2016

Vijay Prashad “Thought only sees in reality what a specific formation shows it.” Mahdi ‘Amil, 1936-1987. Popular rebellions reflect the urges of [...]

The Tunisian uprising and beyond: a tale of two countries

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February 02, 2016

Corinna Mullin The fifth anniversary of Zine al Abedine Ben Ali’s ousting after 23 years of repressive rule has been met [...]

Smoke and mirrors: reflections on the Tunisian settlement

By discoversociety
February 02, 2016

Ian Sanjay Patel Some important recent analyses have focussed on political economy in Tunisia, revealing unchanging inequities of wealth and power [...]