This study investigates everyday practices of government in Cairo's new popular quarters. Its
research problem centers on the role of sociospatial variables in sha** quarter residents' …

Taking the plane or sending an e-mail: globalization has become part of the fabric of our
daily lives. And yet it is often seen as an impersonal force that is threatening to destroy …

How to move beyond the failures of development? In the bottom of the pyramid (BOP)
approach, the state, development, and public goods disappear. Instead, nongovernmental …

Research on civic associations blurs an important distinction between the unfunded,
informal, ongoing associations that theorists like de Tocqueville described versus current …

Former colonial powers are regularly confronted with the sudden looming up of the past in
their relationship with their erstwhile possessions. The diplomatic crises between Zimbabwe …

The paper explores the relationship between the inclusiveness of participatory processes for
the promotion of “socially sustainable development” objectives and the effectiveness of civil …