Guest Post by Julieta Arosteguy (FLACSO) In August of last year, after teaching my first and only bioethics class of the semester, I was fired from my teaching position at the National University of San Martín (Argentina). I was told by the … Continue reading
Category Archives: Politics
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With the usual disclaimer that I am not a lawyer, I don’t see how the plaintiff in this case has a leg to stand on: Missouri Republican state Rep. Paul Joseph Wieland does not want his three daughters to have … Continue reading
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The Paris Gay Pride parade was held on Saturday, June 27, and its route went right in front of my apartment on the Boulevard Saint Michel. Please enjoy these photos in celebration of the narrow victory for sexual justice in … Continue reading
It may not have escaped your notice that Britain has just had a general election. The result decides the flavour of the government, probably for the next 5 years. The outcome on 8 May was widely unpredicted: the polls had … Continue reading
I was back in London on Monday for a day-long symposium at the LSE on Piketty’s Capital in the 21st Century—this time, with Piketty in attendance. At least, he was there after his late Eurostar train got in from Paris. … Continue reading
Kate Harding of Dame Magazine says “yes”: There has never been a president who knows what it’s like to menstruate, be pregnant, or give birth. There has never been a president who knows what it’s like to be the target of … Continue reading
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The LSE half-day discussing Piketty’s Capital in the Twenty-first Century and the implications of rising inequality for politics and policy closed with a focus on local social policy dimensions and global politics. This is the last of four blog posts … Continue reading
The Comparative and International Political Economy group at the LSE hosted a half-day discussion of Thomas Piketty, politics, and social policy, on the growing economic inequalities that Piketty and his collaborators document and what can be done about them, based … Continue reading
A group of political science and social policy faculty gathered at the LSE on March 9 to foster the conversation around politics and social policy in an era of widening inequalities. As I wrote in my last post, I have a … Continue reading