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Right to Choose: Pioneers in Women's Health and Family Planning

Author:  Huston, Perdita Issue:  Volume 3, Num ...

Book review - admin - 2009-12-17 12:57

Educating the (neo-liberal) citizen: reflections from India

Citizenship has gained considerable popular currency in development and is increasingly being used to represent its objectives and outcomes. The popular conceptualisations of citizenship have not remained unaffected by neo-liberalism, which has establis ...

Abstract - dwardle - 2012-05-15 10:13

Inequality, environmental injustice, and racism in Brazil: beyond the question of colour

Starting from an analysis of social and environmental injustice, the author argues that the concept of environmental racism is integral to the hegemonic model of capitalist development. She reveals how the financial mega-conglomerates, helped by the media ...

Abstract - admin - 2009-10-13 19:06

`The Right to Truth: Amnesty, Amnesia, and Secrecy'

The annual international conference of the Catholic Institute for International Relations took place in London in December 1993, and was concerned with problems arising when countries emerge from experiencing gross human rights violations. The delegates a ...

Abstract - admin - 2009-09-30 17:54

Equity in health and economic globalisation

In this personal Viewpoint, the author argues that globalisation has led to increased inequity in health and healthcare provision, just as it aggravates social inequity in general. He highlights the growing sacrifice of equity to efficiency, and the compl ...

Abstract - admin - 2009-09-30 18:01

Advancing women's reproductive and sexual health rights: using the International Human Rights system

Often the primary barriers to improving women's health are rooted in socio-economic, legal, and cultural factors. Women are generally assigned subordinate status in terms of economic power, decision making, and options regarding education, work, and famil ...

Abstract - admin - 2009-09-30 18:06

The state of the art in citizens’ communication for social change in Spain

In spite of its long history on different countries, ‘citizens communication for social change’ is little known in Spanish academic and social institutions, so few communication professionals know how to address and undertake in-depth planni ...

Abstract - admin - 2009-10-01 13:35

The Global Legitimacy Game: Civil Society, Globalization and Protest

Author:  Van Rooy, Alison Publisher:  London: Palgrave Macmillan, 2004, ISBN 1 4 ...

Book review - admin - 2009-10-18 20:48

Development as Freedom

Author:  Sen, Amartya Issue:  Volume 10, Numbe ...

Book review - admin - 2009-12-07 09:12

Trends in World Communication: On Disempowerment and Self-Disempowerment

Author:  Hamelink, Cees J. Issue:  Volume 7, Nu ...

Book review - admin - 2009-12-07 09:35