The Gainers Strike: Capitalist Offensive, Militancy, and the Politics of Industrial Relations in Canada

The history of Alberta's meatpacking workers is closely connected with the broader historical struggles of the working class in North America. Like their counterparts from the packinghouses in Toronto and Montreal, the workers of Calgary and Edmonton organized and fought for union recognition between 1911 and 1920, thus joining a labour revolt that was spreading throughout Europe and North America in the wake of World War I and the October Revolution. They faced stiff resistance.

Language plurality as power struggle, or: Translating politics in Canada

For this paper, heterolingualism or language plurality will be considered as the presence in a single text or in a social environment of both French and English, Canada’s official languages. Language plurality will here be studied from an institutional viewpoint: the influence of the Canadian government on the translation of political speeches. The first part of this article will establish that political speeches are written in a bilingual environment where the two official languages are often in contact. This bilingualism, however, is often homogenised when it comes to speech delivery and publication. Therefore, the second part focuses on the speeches’ paratextual

Thumb-bangers : exploring the cultural bond between video games and heavy metal

« Heavy Metal Generations » is the fourth volume in the series of papers drawn from the 2012 Music, Metal and Politics international conference (http://www.inter-disciplinary.net/publishing/product/heavy-metal-generations/).

Totally Clueless : Heckerling and Queer Sexuality in Austen’s « Emma »

This chapter offers a new reading of the sexual politics that are at play in Jane Austen's 1816 "Emma" through the exploration of film director Amy Heckerling's retelling of Austen's original story. Heckerling's 1995 film, "Clueless", can be understood as a free translation of "Emma" which allows an interrogation of some of the novel's received readings, especially those related to its male characters. [...]

The Press council

This study analyses the role of the Press Council as a champion and guard of free speech. It discusses the extent to which the Council succeeded in achieving its statutory objective of preserving the freedom of the press and maintaining and improving the standards of newspapers and news agencies. It also examines the inherent and in-built weaknesses of the Council and suggests ways and means for restructuring and enlarging its functions.

“Right to Privacy and Freedom of Press - Conflicts and Challenges”

India is a signatory to the United Nations Declaration of Human Rights 1948 and the International Covenant on Civil and Political 1966, the two major International instruments, building the foundations of the major democracies and the constitutions of the world. Both these instruments give an independent and upper position to right to privacy compared to right to freedom of speech and expression. The freedom of press finds its place under this right to freedom of speech and expression. Both these rights are the two opposite faces of the same coin. Therefore, without the right of privacy finding an equal place in Indian law compared to right to freedom of speech and expression, the working of democracy would be severely handicapped and violations against citizens rights will be on the rise It was this problem in law and need to bring a balance between these two conflicting rights that induced me to undertake this venture. This heavy burden to bring in a mechanism to balance these two rights culminated in me to undertake this thesis titled “Right to Privacy and Freedom of Press – Conflicts and Challenges

The bonds of democratic politics

This paper is an attempt to analyze bonds and their relevance within the confines of economics. They are discussed as both exogenous and endogenous variables. More specifically, the bonds of democratic politics are compared with those of non-democratic politics. It is argued that only those societies that have at their disposition certain kinds of bonds will be able to sustain democracy. It is further argued that the differential effects of democratic vs. non-democratic regimes on the respective bonds are rather weak. But then again, different kinds of democratic institutions might well have an effect on the prevalent bonds found in a society.

Beyond the blue horizon : the role of industry in global environmental politics

by Joanne M. Kaufman.

[Ressenya del llibre Power/resistance: local politics and the chaotic state d’Andrew Kirby]

Ressenya del llibre Power/resistance: local politics and the chaotic state. Es tracta d’una reflexió serena i meditada sobre l’essència i la presència de -i resistència a- l’estat en les societats occidentals contemporànies des d’una perspectiva espacial

Concepción teórica y práctica de la ciudadanía en el proyecto de cultura ciudadana estudio de caso: “ahorro voluntario de agua” 1997 Bogotá

El objetivo de la presente investigación consiste en determinar cuál es la concepción teórica y práctica de ciudadanía dentro de la política de Cultura Ciudadana a partir del caso del “Ahorro Voluntario de Agua” de 1997 en la ciudad de Bogotá. Para ello, se realizó un análisis de contenido de 263 documentos de distintas fuentes, categorizadas en Prensa e Institucional. Por medio del análisis se logró determinar que la ciudadanía dentro de la Cultura Ciudadana hace uso de distintos elementos de la teoría de la ciudadanía realizada desde la filosofía. De igual manera se propone una ciudadanía moralista que parte del hecho de una ciudad homogénea cuando en realidad es heterogénea, esto es evidente en la comprensión de las clases sociales dentro de Bogotá y su leve relevancia para solucionar la crisis de Chingaza en 1997. Finalmente, en la discusión entre ciudadanía activa o pasiva, se deduce que en la Cultura Ciudadana se presenta una ciudadanía activa en el espacio de lo privado, con gran participación en los deberes determinados por el castigo y pasiva en derechos.

The Politics of Privacy

In 'Privacy and Politics', Kieron O'Hara discusses the relation of the political philosophy of privacy to technical aspects in Web development. Despite a vigorous debate, the concept remains ambiguous, and a series of types of privacy is defined: epistemological, spatial, ideological, decisional and economic. Each of these has a different meaning in the online environment, and will be defended by different measures. The question of whether privacy is a right is raised, and generational differences in attitude discussed, alongside the issue of whether privacy should be protected in advance, via a consent model, or retrospectively via increased transparency and accountability. Finally, reasons both theoretical and practical for ranking privacy below other values (such as security, efficiency or benefits for the wider community) are discussed.

Los límites de la teoría distributiva : hacia una política del reconocimiento de la diferencia

El artículo elabora una crítica a la teoría de la justicia distributiva formulada por John Rawls haciendo énfasis en los principios de la igualdad y de la diferencia. De manera paralela, analiza las tesis feministas y las perspectivas desarrolladas por Iris Marion Young y Nancy Fraser con el objeto de señalar los principales límites de la propuesta de Rawls.

Incidencia del conflicto armado de Darfur en las relaciones políticas entre Sudán y Chad durante el período 2005-2009.

Las relaciones políticas entre Sudán y Chad en el período 2005-2009 se vieron afectadas por el conflicto armado de Darfur, que trajo consigo consecuencias graves para ambos países. La configuración étnica similar, los antecedentes históricos que muestran fuertes vínculos entre Sudán y Chad y las continuas acusaciones entre Omar Al-Bashir e Idriss Déby, hicieron que las tensiones entre los dos gobiernos llamaran la atención de la comunidad internacional y causara preocupación por una posible desestabilización de la región de África Central.