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Workshop: The Impact of Global Governance Norms on Domestic Resource Politics
The Impact of Global Governance Norms on Domestic Resource Politics Lead Convenors: Kate Macdonald, University of Melbourne, Australia (kmac@unimelb.edu.au) Jewellord Nem Singh, University of Sheffield, UK (j.nemsingh@sheffield.ac.uk) University of Sheffield, June 22-23, 2015 **** We have also crossposted the CfP in the PSA Website: https://www.psa.ac.uk/members/call-papers ***** The politics surrounding governance of extractive resource sectors—encompassing mineral oil and […]
Workshop: Developmental States beyond East Asia
Workshop: Developmental States beyond East Asia Newcastle University, United Kingdom Friday, June 5, 2015 Sponsored by: School of Geography, Politics and Sociology, Newcastle University Development Politics Specialist Group, Political Studies Association Organizers: Jojo Nem Singh, University of Sheffield/ PSA Development Politics Jesse Salah Ovadia, Newcastle University Developmental States beyond East Asia is a small […]
Can a Fourth Victory for the Workers’ Party Secure Brazil’s State Capitalism?
Last Sunday, 26th October, Brazilians voted the incumbent Dilma Rousseff, securing the Workers’ Party (PT) its fourth electoral victory. In a very tight race with Aecio Neves of the Brazilian Social Democratic Party (PDSB), Rousseff won by a three per cent margin, indicating the fragility of her victory in what has been considered as one […]
The Scottish Independence Referendum: Home thoughts from not really abroad
Originally posted on Geography at Sheffield University:
Professor Charles Pattie writes widely on electoral issues, and is an author of two books on recent Scottish politics, including a study of the 1997 devolution referendum. He is also a Scot….. Scotland’s independence referendum on 18 September 2014 is a very strong contender for the most momentous…
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