Social Protest and Democracy 101: Motives Behind Social Protests - Case Studies
The article attempts to thoroughly examine the main denominator that leads to social protests - motive through the analyses of case studies
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Niccolò Fantin
- Mar 6
- 9 min
The Human Rights System 101: The Role of Media and Civil Society
In the human rights system, civil society and media always represented powerful tools but with the digital revolution their impact increased
Niccolò Fantin
- Feb 19
- 9 min
The Human Rights System 101: Regional integration and global development
The process of regional integration allowed for the emergence of multiple human rights systems, but can they pursue global governance?
Niccolò Fantin
- Feb 6
- 9 min
The Human Rights System 101: The Enforceability of Human Rights
The human rights system has been plagued by its inability to guarantee enforcement but civil society has started to rise up to the challenge
Niccolò Fantin
- Jan 22
- 9 min
The Human Rights System 101: Particular or Universal? Applicability of Rights
The human rights system has been plagued by discussions on the universality of rights, but new points of view expand the debate.
Emily Duchenne
- Jan 22
- 8 min
Anthropology and Kinship: Past, Present, and Future
Exploring the history and future of kinship through an anthropological perspective.
Rodrigo Bielma Silva
- Jan 9
- 4 min
Critical Discourse Analysis: Ruth Wodak’s Discourse-Historical Approach
This article delves into the work of Ruth Wodak, which has benefited Critical Discourse Analysis through her Discourse-Historical Approach.
Nkosana Sithole kaMiya
- Dec 11, 2022
- 8 min
The Paradoxical Nature of Politics, Populism & Representative Democracy: An Ideational Perspective
Populism claiming “the people” is simply conferring greater legitimacy to those who speak on their behalf.
Niccolò Fantin
- Dec 11, 2022
- 9 min
The Human Rights System 101: Generations of Rights - The Route to the System
This article explores the generations of rights that have determined interactions with the international system.
Taylor Pace
- Oct 31, 2022
- 11 min
History of American Foreign Policy 101: The Rise of China
The article analyses the reaction of the US to the rise of China, and the evolution of the relationship between the two countries.
Taylor Pace
- Oct 24, 2022
- 7 min
Why Different Generations Think Differently
The article addresses the discussion on generational differences, illustrating Mannheim's theory of the sociological problem of generations.
Bastien Poole
- Oct 23, 2022
- 6 min
Sociology of Health and Illness: The Doctor-Patient Relationship
An analysis on the difference in social power between doctor and patient, and how this changes the effectiveness of medical treatment.
Taylor Pace
- Oct 19, 2022
- 15 min
History of American Foreign Policy 101: Unipolarity and the War on Terror
The article analyses American unilateralism in foreign policy after the end of the Cold War.
Deretha Bester
- Oct 8, 2022
- 9 min
How Natural Resource Abundance Cursed Congo
Congo has been ravaged by conflicts and wars for decades, which prompted the question: how has natural resource abundance cursed Congo?
Taylor Pace
- Oct 5, 2022
- 5 min
Rebels to Reason: Dostoevsky and Irrational Free Will
The article illustrates the debate about human nature which emerged in 1860s Russia between Dostoevsky and Chernyshevsky.
Bastien Poole
- Sep 27, 2022
- 6 min
How Consumerism Led to Nostalgia for Difficult Times in Post-Socialist East Germany
When the Berlin wall fell in 1989 after standing tall for 28 long years, it marked the beginning of the end for the German Democratic...
Taylor Pace
- Sep 26, 2022
- 13 min
History of American Foreign Policy 101: The Cold War Part 2 - Détente and Rapprochement
The article examines American foreign policy in the second half of the Cold War, with a focus on key developments such as the Vietnam war.
Taylor Pace
- Sep 7, 2022
- 8 min
Political Storytelling in the Post-Truth Age
This article discusses how political storytelling takes place in the contemporary age of post-truth.
Taylor Pace
- Aug 28, 2022
- 13 min
History of American Foreign Policy 101: The Interwar Period and World War II
This article discusses the history of American foreign policy during the years 1919 - 1945.
Andrea Taborri
- Aug 28, 2022
- 13 min
Global Political Economy 101: Decolonisation, World Capitalism, and Neoimperialism
The decadence of British imperialism led the US to gain a position of global hegemony in the world economy. What are its the peculiarities?
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