is a leading international institution dedicated to research, analysis
and dissemination about global governance. Based at the
London School of Economics, the Centre aims to increase
understanding and knowledge of global issues, to
encourage interaction between academics, policy makers,
journalists and activists, and to propose solutions.
The Centre, established in 1992 by Professor Lord Desai,
has pioneered research into globalisation. Today it is
led by co-directors Graham Wallas Professor of
Political Science David
Held and Professor of Global Governance Mary
Kaldor.
videocast
20-Oct-2008, 18:30-20:00, Old Theatre, LSE
The Global Financial Crisis
Will Hutton and Martin Wolf in conversation with Professor David Held
The videocast of the event is available on the
LSE website.
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Crisis as prelude to a new Golden Age
Mary Kaldor
Column on opendemocracy.net
The financial crisis is not just a result of mis-aligned incentives and bad regulation. A neo-Schumpeterian view suggests that this epochal shift is the start of a re-shaping of institutions and power distribution to fit the world of information technology and clean energy. It will need guiding, argues Mary Kaldor.
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global civil society yearbooks online
Beyond Methodological Modernism: Towards a Multicultural Paradigm Shift in the Social Sciences
by
Heba Raouf Ezzat
in:
Global Civil Society 2004/5. Kaldor, Mary, Helmut Anheier and Marlies Glasius (eds.)
Cairo University lecturer Heba Raouf Ezzat outlines a new multicultural approach to global civil society that incorporates religious and secular perspectives.
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Governance publishes annually the Global Civil
Society Yearbook. The Yearbooks 2001 to 2004 are
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