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Eastern Frontiers: Institutional snapshots from the edges of the EU
When we write about such phenomena as governance across borders, our conceptualisation always hinges on dividing lines, those borders which governance may span. Especially for a research group working...
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Eastern Frontiers: The Good, the Bad and the Church
This entry is part two of a mini-series dedicated to the fascinating institutional landscape found on the Eastern edge of the European Union. It deals with the dearth of the public sector and the...
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Wise Cartoons (1): Firmness of Institutions
Governance across borders is all about building and/or changing institutions in a transnational realm. In this regard, existing institutions often turn out to be not so rigid or firm after all. The...
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Bordercrossing Books: “Just Give Money to the Poor” by Hanlon, Barrientos and...
Joseph Hanlon, Armando Barrientos, David Hulme, 2010: Just Give Money to the Poor: The Development Revolution from the Global South. Sterling: Kumarian Press. If it sounds novel to suggest that if you...
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The Transnational Toilet (don’t read before lunch)
You use it whenever you need it. You want it to be clean. You sit down, you stand, or you squat. You use paper, or maybe water. You flush… and whatever your business there may have been, it...
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The “invisible epidemic” (2): To be, or not to be (on the MDGs), that is the...
Thirteen years ago the largest-ever gathering of world leaders took place on 8 September 2000 at the United Nations (UN) General Assembly in New York, where the UN Millennium Declaration was made. The...
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Tagung: Entgrenzte politische Teilhabe
Unter dem Titel “Entgrenzte politische Teilhabe? Beiträge zu einer politischen Soziologie transnationaler Mobilisierungs- bzw. Partizipationsprozesse” plant der DVPW-Arbeitskreis “Soziologie der...
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Calling a spade a spade: a glossary of misleading microfinance terms...
Excerpt from “The Political Economy of Microfinance: Financializing Poverty”, Introduction, A Framework for Engaging Microfinance. Concepts and Euphemisms There is often confusion about some terms that...
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The need for a longer (but not too long) history of microfinance
Excerpt from “The Political Economy of Microfinance: Financializing Poverty”, Chapter 2, A Genealogy of Microfinance. Two basic types of story are commonly told about the origins of modern...
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Paywalled Microfinance Data: Is the global “Knowledge Bank” dead?
The World Bank’s previously public data on microfinance and financial inclusion has recently been locked away behind a paywall. It’s hard to figure out why. However, it raises larger questions about...
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