6/2011
Rörelser i staden [Movements in the city]

The European demos needs to be established. National vs. supernational democracy is not a zero sum game.
Several changes by the new party leader indicate that the Swedish Social democrats no longer has a specific policy for integration issues.
IMF economist Michael Kumhof travels the world with a somewhat surprising message coming from an IMF economist: if economic inequality is not reduced, it is just a matter of time before the world faces a new financial crisis.
Tema: Rörelser i staden
When cities are gentrified, alternative culture is being pushed aside. But that is exactly why the inner city will never be come irrelevant for activists.
Media loves to portray either apathetic slackers or violent rioters. Researchers are romanticizing hip hop. What neither of them see is that the new movements are alive in the civil society of the suburbs.
Citizen dialogue has become a way for municipalities to market themselves. But real democratic influence demands new forms of organizing.
The threat to taxation does not come from high tax rates, in fact the opposite holds true.
A country's complicated relation to power and to its self image.
The Mexican state claims the Chiapas sustainable cities are built to combat poverty. Critics claim they are built to evict people from areas rich with natural resources.
Panelen
Arena's panel answers.
Kritik
A review of a doctoral thesis














