Whose Globalization? / Whose Justice? Schedule Friday, February 26, morning session (9 am – 12:30 PM) Working with/on EJ/CJ movements: Beyond Scholar-Activism? John Foran and David Pellow, Co-organizers John Foran, Professor of Sociology and Environmental Studies, UCSB “After Paris: Building the Global Justice Movement of the Future” David Pellow, Dehlsen Chair and Professor of Environmental […]Read More
EXPANDING HUMAN RIGHTS: 21ST CENTURY NORMS AND GOVERNANCE In the 21st century, the human rights repertoire established during the post-war years is necessary but not sufficient for global governance of an expanding range of abuses. All human rights campaigns must work to establish standards of violation, legitimate bearers of rights, responsibility to address human rights claims, […]Read More
Structural and Historical Roots of Economic Inequality: A Global Perspective In recent decades, economic inequality within countries has risen more often than it has fallen. Amongst both advanced and developing countries, the share of labor in national income has fallen in more countries than it has risen, while income and wage distributions have tended to […]Read More
The University of California, Santa Barbara held an interdisciplinary global studies conference on a wide range of topics for scholars, both established and in the graduate stage, from the West Coast and beyond, under the general theme of crisis as salient feature of current global conditions. Crisis was understood at every level, from the economic […]Read More
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January 11, 2014 University of California, Santa Barbara This workshop on the study of religious movements in a global context was part of a collaborative project between the Orfalea Center for Global and International Studies and the Danish Institute for International Studies. The workshop, held at the Orfalea Center on the UC Santa Barbara campus, aimed to provide […]Read More
This workshop was part of the project "When and How Enclave Deliberation Leads to Extremism," co-sponsored by the Orfalea Center.Read More
The Orfalea Center for Global & International Studies is pleased to announce their newest publication, “Exploring Emergent Global Thresholds: Towards 2030,” published by Orient Blackswan, and edited by Orfalea Center Distinguished Fellow Richard Falk. This volume presents multiple viewpoints on the possible future of the planet, as well as on what people in different parts of […]Read More
