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Europe & Central Asia

Michael Hardt on Continuity and Leadership: An Interview After the Talk Turkey Conference

October 13, 2013 • by Hakan Topal
Michael Hardt at the Occupy Solidarity and Global Consequences panel  and here in an interview after the conference, argues that since 2011 -- different from previous "nomadic" global movements -- these new protests have been rooted in territory, demand a new definition of publicity and commons beyond the false “public/private” ...
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Democracy

Searching for Hope? Look for Bridges with Kapias

October 6, 2013 • by Elzbieta Matynia
The kapia, this square on the bridge, was a place where those who would otherwise not meet could look at each other, sit together, and get to know each other. Not a market place, not a temple, not a court, not a school, the kapia was a place that people ...
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Europe & Central Asia

Ten Theses on Constitutional Change in Turkey

October 4, 2013 • by Andrew Arato

1. This, the current Constitution of the Republic of Turkey is no longer the same constitution, the Constitution of 1982. Yes, even partial, but sequential or re-iterated rounds of amendment can produce a new constitutional regime or material constitution. This is what happened in Turkey through amendment rounds in 1987, ...

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Europe & Central Asia

European Memory vs. European History: A Critical View From Estonia

September 28, 2013 • by Siobhan Kattago

This post was first published a few weeks ago. It is being featured today because of the very interesting comment by Maija Andersone-Spurina from Latvia and to encourage further discussion.  - J.G.

Since the fall of the Berlin Wall in 1989 and break-up of the Soviet Union in 1991, Europe has ...

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Politics

The Aesthetics of Civil Society

September 27, 2013 • by Vince Carducci

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