by Smith Oduro-Marfo | May 2, 2020 | Posts
Singapore’s reputation for enforcing law and order has once again been held up as the gold standard as comparative policy makers assess responses to the COVID-19 pandemic. The government reacted preemptively and promptly in rolling out wage subsidy and welfare...
by Smith Oduro-Marfo | Nov 1, 2019 | Posts
Congratulations, Michelle, on your new book – Tough on Crime: The Rise of Punitive Populism in Latin America. Thanks for sitting down with us—your Global South Colleagues, Marlea Clarke, Reeta Tremblay, Guoguang Wu and Feng Xu—to explore in detail the concept of...
by Smith Oduro-Marfo | Sep 3, 2019 | Posts
Prof. Guoguang Wu in conversation with Can Zhao (Doctoral Candidate, University of Victoria) on his book ‘Globalization against Democracy: A Political Economy of Capitalism after its Global Triumph’ (Cambridge University Press, 2017, in hardcover and...
by Reeta Tremblay | Aug 16, 2019 | Posts
The Hindu Nationalist government of Narendra Modi, with unexpected suddenness, has abolished the special constitutional status of the Muslim-majority state of Jammu and Kashmir (J&K). On Aug. 8, Prime Minister Modi, in a speech to the nation, described the new...
by Smith Oduro-Marfo | Apr 17, 2019 | Posts
In August 2018, of the 1,500 refugee spaces provided by the Canadian government for the Blended Visa Office-Referred (BVOR) Program more than 1,000 were left unclaimed. Only due to the exceptional financial commitment of some philanthropic leaders did Canada move any...
by Smith Oduro-Marfo | Feb 28, 2019 | Posts
What is ‘development’? Development for whom, and for what purpose? Who really benefits from development, and at what cost to others? The topic of development as an aspiration, an ideology, and an academic field of study became particularly significant in the...
