Why is Mexico mired in organised, drug-related murder? In an extreme case of security dilemmas increasingly familiar elsewhere, the state has ceded its monopoly of legitimate force to irregular security companies—and is now considering legitimising vigilante groups.
Ron, Crow y Golden sostienen que las organizaciones de derechos humanos deberían fomentar movimientos de base a nivel mundial. Sin embargo, las estrategias centradas en las élites siguen siendo esenciales, especialmente en países altamente desiguales, como México y Colombia. Una colaboración al de
Ron, Crow and Golden argue that human rights organizations should foster grassroots movements worldwide. Elite-focused approaches remain essential, however, especially in highly unequal countries such as Mexico and Colombia. A contribution to the openGlobalRights debate, “Human rights: mass or eli
The diversity of human rights movements defies elite/mass labels. A contribution to the openGlobalRights debates on Emerging Powers and Human Rights and Human rights: mass or elite movement? Español.
La diversidad de los movimientos de derechos humanos desafía el uso de las etiquetas "de élite" o "de masas". Una respuesta al debate que inició la Encuesta de percepción de los derechos humanos. English.
The revolutionary left denounces Russell Brand, but the poor know he is right. His lack of a proper alternative doesn't hurt his analysis of what is wrong. People must realise how many skills are available on the street that should be used to replace the old, corrupt system.
The Activist Mothers of Xalapa have united their individual power as mothers to create a collective political motherhood that has resisted many patriarchal institutions in the past, and could well be the driving force of a new society based on nurturing life instead of selling it, says Alda Facio.
There is a level of political dynamism at the national level that seems all but absent from global negotiations. But what is particularly interesting about this growing trend is that it appears to be strongest in the developing world.
En ileri insan hakları algılaması anketlerini kullanan yazarlar, Meksika, Fas ve Hindistan gibi ülkelerdeki toplumsal sınıflar ile ülke içerisindeki insan hakları arasındaki ilişkileri araştırmaktadırlar. Elde etmiş oldukları sonuçlar ışığında toplumdaki seçkin sınıfın, insan hakları temsilcilikle
Almost all of the 30,000 Oaxacan teachers who surged into Mexico City’s Zòcalo to protest the so-called educational reform this September were veterans of the 2006 demonstrations. They knew what they were in for.
Mexico officially recognises 68 native languages, although some of these are spoken by fewer than 100 people and seem destined to disappear along with the culture and customs to which they gave expression. From openDemocracy.
