RLC Blog

The global post-democratic order

1/26/2016

In the era of globalisation, the steady removal of decision-making from democratic chambers by EU elites is serving as a blueprint for post-democratic governance around the world. Progressives must be ambitious and start putting forward ideas for a democratic world government as a viable alternative. To read or download the article, please visit the Transnational…

democracy, EU, Post-democracy
1st India-Sweden exchange seminar took place in Mumbai with Laureate Medha Patkar

1/20/2016

The first module of the PhD course, “Critical Urban Theory: Citizenship, Marginalities, Livelihood Struggles and Innovations in Practice” took place in Mumbai, India from 4 to 8 of January. The joint Phd Course is organized by Lund University Centre for Sustainability Studies (LUCSUS) in collaboration with the Tata Institute of Social Sciences (TISS) and its…

Critical Urban Theory, Lund, Medha Patkar, Mumbai, Right Livelihood Campus, RLC
1st seminar on ‘Critical Urban Theory in Practice’ took place in Mumbai

1/20/2016

The first module of the PhD course, “Critical Urban Theory: Citizenship, Marginalities, Livelihood Struggles and Innovations in Practice” took place in Mumbai, India from 4 to 8 of January. Report by Dr. Maryam Nastar, LUCSUS The joint Phd Course is organized by Lund University Centre for Sustainability Studies (LUCSUS) in collaboration with the Tata Institute…

Critical Urban Theory, Lund, Mumbai, Research, Right Livelihood Campus, RLC
Cattle Raids in Northern Kenya

1/19/2016

by Willis Okumu Cattle Raids and Victimhood at the Household Level: Experiences of Pastoralists Women in Northern Kenya The culture of cattle raiding is a shared practice across the Karamoja Cluster. Pastoralists within this geographical area not only share territory but also use cattle for various significant life events such as for paying bride wealth,…

Agriculture, Gender, Kenya, Women
The Effect of Industrial Cluster Policy on Firm Performance in Ethiopia: Evidence from the Leather Footware Clust

1/15/2016

by Tigabu Degu Getahun This paper empirically analyzes the productivity, profitability, innovation and network effects of a public policy promoting micro and small scale industrial clusters in Ethiopia. To this end, firm-level survey data was collected from randomly selected clustered leather shoe manufacturers that have directly benefited from the policy and those that do not,…

Cluster Policy, Ethiopia, Networks, Productivity, Profitability, Small and Micro Enterprises
Marginality as a Root Cause of Poverty: Identifying Marginality Hotspots in Ethiopia

1/15/2016

by Christine Husmann Marginality refers to a position at the margins of social, political, economic, ecological, and biophysical systems. The paper applies this concept to the case of Ethiopia. Marginality hotspots are mapped by overlaying seven different indicators using Geographic Information System software. Results show that people in the South-West and in the North are…

Africa, Ethiopia, ethnic diversity, marginality, poverty
Comparing the global and merged with the local and separate: On a downside to the integration of regions and nations

1/15/2016

by Oded Stark This paper looks at the integration of regions and nations through the prism of the merger of populations (societies). The paper employs a particular index of social stress. Stylized examples of the merging of two populations suggest that with integration, the social stressindex will increase. The examples form the basis for the…

Integration of regions and nations, Merging populations, Social welfare
Economics of Land Degradation and Improvement – A Global Assessment for Sustainable Development

1/15/2016

by Ephraim Nkonya, Alisher Mirzabaev and Joachim von Braun This book on Economics of Land Degradation and Improvement provides withvaluable knowledge and information both at the global, regional, and national levels on the costs of land degradation and benefits of taking action against land degradation. A key advantage of this book is that it goes…

Agriculture, Environmental Economics, food security, land degradation
Social Safety Nets for Food and Nutritional Security in India

1/14/2016

by Sudha Narayanan and Nicolas Gerber This paper brings together existing literature on the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (MGNRGEA) and the Public Distribution System (PDS) in India, offering a narrative review of the evidence on impacts on food security, health and nu trition of beneficiaries. Bothprograms operate on a large scale and…
Teaching Right Livelihood – Book published

1/11/2016

RLC partner Dr. Ellen Christoforatou from the University of Kassel has published a book on “Education in a Globalized World: Teaching Right Livelihood”. It contains articles by Ernst Ulrich von Weizsäcker, Laureate of the German Environmental Award, Monika Griefahn, Chair of the RLA Board along with other experts on the question: How is it possible…

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