From the Wiley-Blackwell Encyclopedia of Social and Political Movements, here is the entry on democratization and democratic transition by Donatella Della Porta and Federico M. Rossi. Although today’s world is more interdependent than ever, it is still a jigsaw puzzle of sovereign states: Michel Foucher explains the world’s new geography. Population bomb so wrong: Martin Lewis on how electricity, development, and TV reduce fertility. Michelle Lhooq on country crushes: What makes the global culture industry fall for some countries and not others? The humble hero: Containers have been more important for globalisation than freer trade. Karissa Gerhke on the unification of a global working class: Fast food workers strike across the USA, a garment factory collapses in Bangladesh — is it time for the global working class to mount a unified resistance? The introduction to Genocide Matters: Ongoing Issues and Emerging Perspectives, ed. Joyce Apsel and Ernesto Verdeja.
