Crime is not generally considered a key concern of global governance. However, as Jarrett Blaustein, Nathan Pino and I argue in recent articles in The British Journal of Criminology, and Criminology and Criminal Justice, attempts to govern crime at the global level date back to the [...]
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With oil prices nearing historic lows, a new round of introspection about the pitfalls of oil-based development has kicked off in the media and development policy circles. The arguments, as to be expected, rehash some version of the ‘resource curse’ thesis, which holds that resource [...]
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The recent departure of the late Eduardo Galeano, author of the classic Las Venas Abiertas de América Latina (Open Veins of Latin America), highlights more than ever, especially since the late 1990s, that Latin America has been at the forefront of experiments with alternatives to [...]
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