CmiA: From the niche to the mass market Private-public partnership + A soaring trend + From polot projects to mass production + Lessons lerned + The long road to retail salers + Cotton made in Africa: Q&A >>> more
Cotton Made in Africa - A Field Report White Gold of African Farmers + Standards or Brand? + African Cotton and Fair Trade + Dynamics of Private Enterprise + Hot Potatoes in Debate >>> more
Towards a Global Ruling Class? Class in Marxian Theory as Opposed to Class in Stratification Theory + Globalisation and the Neo-conservative Offensive + A Global Ruling Class? + How the GRC Exerts its Power + The Future of Democracy >>> more
Climate Change and Human Rights Two dimensions of equity + Impacts on human communities + Rights-based climate policy + Mitigation and adaptation + Whose atmosphere? >>> more
Pilot Issue The Post-Hong Kong Blues + Development Policy and Grand Coalition in Berlin + Austrian EU Presidency + EU and Fair Trade + European Round-Up >>> more
Special Issue: Femme Globale (II) The New Feminist Discourse +++ Gender and New Aid Architecture +++ Women and Fundamentalisms +++ Privatisation +++ Biopolitics +++ From Beijing to Tunis >>> more
Special Issue: Femme Globale (I) Gender Perspectives in the 21st Century +++ Gender Equality and Social Justice +++ Feminist Approaches in Foreign and Security Policy >>> more
At first glance, everyday life seems not to have changed in Istanbul. The streets are congested; people hurry to the ferry or the bus. For weeks, there has been no terror attack. Nevertheless, there are some visible changes. There are much more policemen in the streets. In some days, the Istiklal Caddesi, the main shopping street on the European side, seems to be under a state of siege. At every street corner, there is police van with the blue light switched on.
Recent disturbing trends in international finance have particularly problematic implications, especially for developing countries. The new United Nations report, World Economic Situation and Prospects 2017 (WESP 2017), is the only recent report of a multilateral inter-governmental organization to recognize these problems, especially as they are relevant to the financing requirements for achieving the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).
The Trump government signals unequivocally the end of international US hegemony. An international hegemon is able to define rules that find relatively broad acceptance internationally and plays a role in safeguarding international economic stability. The Trump government announced measures that go against the present economic rules while not proposing new ones.
The global deficit in quality jobs and deteriorating economic conditions in a number of regions threatens to undo decades of progress in poverty reduction, warns a new report by the International Labour Organization (ILO), the World Employment and Social Outlook (WESO) 2016.
Weakening of workers' rights in most regions is being aggravated by severe crackdowns on freedom of speech and assembly, according to the 2016 Global Rights Index. Restrictions on freedom of speech and assembly, including severe crackdowns in some countries, increased by 22%, with 50 out of 141 countries surveyed recording restrictions.