Arno Tausch (Innsbruck): Towards New Maps of Global Human Values, Based on World Values Survey (6) Data; and Hofstede, Inglehart and Beyond: New Directions in Empirical Global Value Research. Harald Wydra (Cambridge): Spells of the Sacred in a Global Age. Stefano Battini (Viterbo): The Procedural Side of Legal Globalization: The Case of the World Heritage Convention. Hans Morten Haugen (Diakonhjemmet): Peoples’ Right to Self-Determination and Self-Governance Over Natural Resources: Possible and Desirable? (“The article combines Elinor Ostrom’s design principles for common-pool resources and human rights provisions, including subsequent clarifications and jurisprudence”.) Ana Swanson on how powerful countries are buying up much of the world’s land. Bankspeak: Franco Moretti and Dominique Pestre on the language of World Bank Reports. The ICIJ’s latest target: If your target is a mammoth, global institution like the World Bank, it helps to have a global network of muckrakers to hold it accountable. Grassroots isn’t always best: Merlin Chowkwanyun on community development and its woes. Dhananjayan Sriskandarajah and Mandeep Tiwana (CIVICUS): Towards a Multipolar Civil Society. Zack Beauchamp on the quiet global crisis that scares the State Department. Jeffrey Rothfeder on the great unraveling of globalization. Joseph Gillings on how our zombie obsession explains our fear of globalization — our monsters, ourselves.
