Western society: 1/4 of 4
A denial of beautiful dreams
Yves Engler
1st May, 2004
Haiti is a failed state: one of those places that just can’t seem to get its act together, despite the best efforts of benevolent Western powers. Or so the mainstream media would have you believe. Yet history tells us a more complicated story. more...
Seeds of Hope
Nicola Graydon
1st December, 2003
Ladakh is framed by the Karakoram mountains to the north and the Himalayas to the south. Yet even in this remote environment the forces of global consumerism are intruding. Nicola Graydon reports on the locals' inspiring defence of their culture more...
Economics Senegal
Heiner Thiessen
1st November, 2002
You can ‘structurally adjust’ an economy in a matter of years, but it takes longer to destroy a culture. Heiner Thiessen reports from Senegal on the impact of imposing a Western cash economy on a traditional African barter societymore...
Globalisation: the dream vs the reality
Dele Oguntimoju
1st November, 2002
Globalisation sells Africans the Western dream. Immigration policies tell them they can’t have it. Where, Dele Oguntimoju asks, is the sense in that? more...
Western society: 1/4 of 4
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