After Elections: Hope?
Worldwide debates on 2014 Afghan elections condense some of the most influencing myths – one of which certainly being related to freedom – of…
Read MoreWorldwide debates on 2014 Afghan elections condense some of the most influencing myths – one of which certainly being related to freedom – of…
Read MoreThe following is based on edited excerpts from the introduction of Derailing Democracy in Afghanistan: Elections in an Unstable Political Landscape as well as…
Read MoreThe following thoughts combine views expressed in Derailing Democracy in Afghanistan, blog posts written for Afghanelections14.com and observations made over the last decade of…
Read MoreAfghanistan’s Presidential elections were scheduled to coincide with the withdrawal of U.S. and foreign troops and Afghanistan’s first democratic transfer of power. The first…
Read MoreThe creation and maintenance of a national border is an act of political geography. The building of a wall or fence on that same…
Read MoreEven though the green shoots of economic recovery have started to sprout across the globe, the impact of austerity, long standing wars and conflicts,…
Read MoreYears ago, when we were still working as ethnographers for Harley-Davidson Inc., it was common for us to hear riders talk about how much…
Read MoreIn June of this year, we hosted the Myth and the Market meeting in Carlingford, County Louth, a place which is reinventing the old…
Read MoreWhen talking about issues of sustainability it seems it is impossible to avoid initial confusion, given how much of a buzzword it has become….
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