November 30, 2008 by SocProf and tagged Gender, Honor Killings, Human Rights, Mass Violence, Patriarchy, Religious Fundamentalism, Sexism, Social Institutions, Social Stigma, Socialization, Terrorism
Remember how the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq were really wars that liberated women from oppression? Well, I have already posted on the Taliban throwing acid in school girls’ faces in Afghanistan, and now this: Hitmen charge $100 a victim as Basra honour killings rise | World news | The Observer via kwout Totally unsurprisingly, [...]
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November 30, 2008 by SocProf and tagged Global Cities, Globalization, Mass Violence, Religious Fundamentalism, Risk Society, Saskia Sassen, Social Change, Social Exclusion, Social Inequalities, Social Privilege, Social Stratification, Social Theory, Sociology, Structural Violence, Symbolic Violence, Terrorism, Urban Ecology
[Update: Mark Bahnisch, over at Larvatus Prodeo, as an interesting post on this topic as well on the conjunction of globalization, urban centers, states and violence.] Mukul Devichand: It is Mumbai’s status as a global city that has made it a target for terrorists | Comment is free | guardian.co.uk via kwout Are world-cities more [...]
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