Tag: Civil Society
121 Articles
- Society & Culture
Politics, Ideology, and Power in Spanish Football: FC Barcelona and the Tensions Between the Center-Periphery Cleavage
Introduction “El Clásico,” the rivalry between football clubs FC Barcelona and Real Madrid, exemplifies the political and cultural tensions between the center and periphery…
April 18, 2025
- Society & Culture
In the Shadow of a Murder: Religious Freedom Versus the Social Good in Japan
Politics and Religion in Japan Before 1945, the separation of church and state was a foreign concept in Japan. The eminent scholar of Japanese religion, Joseph Kitagawa (1915)…
April 14, 2025
- Science & Technology
Populism’s Anti-Liberalism on Free Speech
Introduction Over the past decades, populism has gained significant influence in contemporary politics around the world. The “populist” label is used to characterize several…
April 3, 2025
- Conflict & Security
The Balochistan Quagmire: A Cycle of Violence, Political Mobilization, and Repression
Introduction Balochistan has long been at the center of tensions between the federal government and Baloch nationalist movements, stemming from political marginalization,…
March 14, 2025
- Society & Culture
The Post-October 7 Specter of the Holocaust
To describe the events of the Hamas attack on October 7, 2023 and its aftermath, many have turned to some of the darkest chapters in modern human history. In Israel, the attack…
January 22, 2025
- Society & Culture
Learning from Australia: Strengthening Congressional Scrutiny of Federal Agency Rulemaking
The Congressional oversight of the executive branch remains one of the most powerful means of checking executive power. In his 1885 book Congressional Government: A Study in…
January 8, 2025
- Human Rights & Development
Toward a Stable Day After in Lebanon
President-elect Donald Trump vowed to end Lebanon’s “suffering” and “destruction,” promising to “get it done properly so it doesn’t repeat itself every 5 or 10!…
January 7, 2025
- Human Rights & Development
The Disproportionate Reservation Practice and the Fall of Hasina in Bangladesh
The 2024 Bangladesh Quota Reform Movement is rooted in the government’s quota-based employment system, which disproportionately favors descendants of freedom fighters from the…
December 30, 2024
- Society & Culture
The Persistent Problems of the Olympic Games: A Focus on Paris 2024
Reforming the Problematic Games The Olympic Games are a mega-event: a global, mobile celebration of sport and culture that attracts worldwide attention, costs and generates…
August 25, 2024
- Society & Culture
African Masculinity in Question
Is masculinity the inevitable consequence of being male? Scholars and journalists report that in Africa today masculinity is widely in distress, with a growing proportion of…
August 9, 2024