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Tag Archives: elites
Dec 21 2019
Greta does not need to be saved, she needs to be listened
Comments Off on Greta does not need to be saved, she needs to be listenedBy Victoria Abi Saab and Miguel Angel Zhan Dai Through a comparaison with Malala Yusafzai, the authors aim to undertsand the campaign of demonisation and decredibilisation specifically targeted at another young activist, Greta Thunberg. First, the nature of their messages is … Continue reading
Posted by: December 21, 2019
Tagged with: Climate Change, elites, Greta Thunberg, Malala
Sep 8 2015
Lebanon: contesting trash politics
Comments Off on Lebanon: contesting trash politicsBy Adham Saouli The 29 of August 2015 may one day be remembered as historic in Lebanon’s turbulent history. At 6pm angry people from different ages, walks of life, regions, and sectarian communities began to gather in Martyr’s Square in … Continue reading
Posted by: September 8, 2015
Tagged with: anti-establishment, contentious politics, Corruption, elites, Indignados, Lebanon, protest movements, sectarianism, trash politics
Dec 10 2013
Democracy Nomen Nudum
5 CommentsBy Xavier Guillaume, Roberto Orsi and Vassilios Paipais The Eurozone crisis is much more than a sheer fiscal problem plaguing a number of countries in the South of the continent. It is rather a symptom of a diseased situation that … Continue reading
Posted by: December 10, 2013
Tagged with: austerity, deindustrialisation, Democracy, elites, governmentality, Monetary Policy, technocrats