Higher Education and the Politics of the Radical Imagination by Henry A Giroux

“… In this paper, I address the vital civic principle that democracies cannot exist without informed citizens and that education itself must be about more than training and is essential to creating critical and engaged citizens. …”
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The Crisis of Human Rights. On the Importance and Timeliness of their Catholic Critique by Michał Gierycz

“…Although human rights are now treated as a “litmus test” for the legitimacy of democracy, their very nature is undergoing a metamorphosis. …”
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Revenir vers les habitants, revenir sur les territoires by Elizabeth Auclair

“…With the recent world crisis, many questions now arise: we must change our model, but how do we want to live, with which values and indicators, in what kind of towns and territories? …”
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Pour une autre lecture de la guerre de Gaza by Jean-François Legrain

“…This article is an interpretation of the Israeli way of managing the image of the Palestinian resistance movment in years, through the Muslim Brothers, FATHA, and now Hamas, as a danger for democracy and the western world. …”
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La réélection de Lula et la Gauche au Brésil by Adilar Cigolini, Francisco Mendonça, Irani dos Santos

“…This shows that in Latin America, the politicians must from now on take into account the people to govern.…”
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The "conquest" of historical space in the 21st century Russia: negative historical identity? by Aurimas Švedas

“…Eventually, it became obvious that such artificial and inadequate terms as "energetic superpower" and "sovereign democracy" cannot fully satisfy the needs of the ruling elite. …”
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Youth and the politics of generational memories: The Soweto uprising in South Africa by Sandrine Gukelberger

“…It looks at those who were youths during apartheid and who are now involved in urban politics. This article sheds light on how members of the historical generation of Soweto have produced knowledge, and how these textured experiences have steered them towards certain political commitments. …”
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North, Iran-Contra, and the Doomsday Project: The Original Congressional Cover Up of Continuity-of-Government Planning by Peter Dale Scott

“…This article explores those connections and their implications for American democracy and American power in the Middle East.…”
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SPIRITUALITY AS PHILOSOPHICAL, SOCIAL AND CULTURAL DE-VELOPMENT PROBLEM by V. E. Gromov

“…Now the survival of the civilization depends on the development of spirituality. …”
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The siliconvalization of work. An argentine experience by Patricia Ventrici, Hernan Palermo

“…Any discussion about digital or algorithmic technologies leads us immediately into the already protracted debate about which stage of capitalism are we in right now. The current context spawns a “new race” of high-tech based entrepreneurs and firms who lead the fast-growing so-called “unicorn” locally-based multinational businesses. …”
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Comparing State-level policy responses to economic reforms in India by Loraine Kennedy, Kim Robin, Diego Zamuner

“…By rewriting the rules of economic governance in India’s federal democracy, economic reforms adopted in the 1990s have had far-reaching consequences on the relations between the Union (or central state) and the States. …”
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From occupation to independence: contemporary East Timorese history and identity in Portuguese picturebooks by Ana Margarida Ramos

“…The social change, path to democracy and educational development, as well as daily life and children’s pastimes are now the centre of a narrative that establishes the similarities and differences between modern-day Portugal and East Timor. …”
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Reflections on Korea in 2010: Trials and prospects for recovery of common sense in 2011 by Paik Nak-chung

“…The main reason behind this 'snatching' action apparently was to push on with the Four Great Rivers Project and to pass the related pernicious legislation known as the "Water-Friendly Region Law." We may now foresee an accelerating destruction not only of the nation's environment but of democracy and rule of law as well. …”
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Neuroprotective Effect of Intrastriatal Caffeic Acid Phenethyl Ester Treatment in 6-OH Dopamine Model of Parkinson’s Disease in Rats by Burak Cem Soner, Eda Acikgoz, Salim Yalcin Inan, Sule Ayla, Ayse Saide Sahin, Gulperi Oktem

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Editorial by Jörg Tremmel, Maria Lenk, Antony Mason, Markus Rutsche

“… If you had to choose one moment in history in which to be born, and you didn’t know in advance whether you were going to be male or female, which country you were going to be from, what your status was, you’d choose right now.” This answer to his one-question test was used by Barack Obama in several of his speeches to demonstrate how humanity has made progress up until the present day. …”
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Visualizing the Rise of Authoritarian Carbon (1992–2022) by John Chung-En Liu

“…Using data from V-Dem, Freedom House, and the Global Carbon Budget, the author visualizes how authoritarian and nondemocratic regimes have sharply increased their share of global CO 2 emissions over the past three decades. Authoritarian regimes now account for more than 60 percent of emissions, while liberal democracies contribute roughly one-third. …”
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HUMAN RIGHTS AND NATIONAL SECURITY: FRANCE IN SEARCH OF THE RESOLUTION OF THE MIGRATION CRISIS by N. V. Shmeleva

“…Besides, if earlier the economic needs of the country were put at the center of solving immigration issues, now the government should also proceed from security considerations, since the main negative consequence of the migration policy conducted until recently is the growing threat to the security of citizens. …”
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Editorial by Jörg Tremmel, Marisa dos Reis, Joseph Burke, Raphaelle Schwarzberg (†)

“…Modern representative democracies are largely oriented to the short term. …”
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