Israel’s Other Human Rights Catastrophe: The Negev Bedouin
The plight of the Negev Bedouin continued as Israel’s Supreme Court recently ruled that the village of Umm al-Hiran would be destroyed and
Decentralization Process in Peru
Ideally the modern state is supposed to generate the necessary basic conditions for its citizen’s wellbeing and continuously improve its own systems
Chasing Innovation
Urbanization has been the engine of modernization in Europe. For most citizens today, every event from birth to the grave including education,
Coping with Demographic Realities: The Case of Kawane Village
Trends in urbanization are often accompanied by even more significant trends of depopulation in rural areas. Japan presents an extreme case in
How to Design a Truly Smart City
For hundreds of years, people have been flocking to cities where jobs, ideas, and wealth are generated. Cities have been perceived as
Testing Theories of American Politics
While not an altogether new phenomenon, the nature of the US’ democratic system in terms of its responsiveness to the needs of