Pro-Palestinian protesters occupying the University of Toronto dismantled their encampment in advance of a deadline issued by the university after being granted a court injunction.
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In most cases, it’s reasonable to expect that groups of protesters will abide by the law. But there are times when doing so diminishes the effectiveness of the protests.
While the political and long-term consequences of the protests are still impossible to know, Hong Kong is already experiencing some short-term economic impacts.
Governments in Canada are routinely enacting public policies that primarily benefit economic elites, raising questions about government legitimacy and competency. Who’s looking out for us?
United’s CEO called the Trump policy ‘in deep conflict’ with his company’s values, the latest example of a corporate leader speaking out on a political issue, something almost unheard of a few decades ago.
Millennial Indian women have been leading a new kind of feminism since the early 2000s.
From Gezi Park in Istanbul to Wall Street in New York City, urban protest camps are shaking up the political establishment on an international scale.
In this new political era, how a popular movement offers a route to a new form of governance
The decision to hold the 2016 World Social Forum in Canada made it inaccessible to many activists from the geopolitical south. But it also highlighted the false simplicity of the north-south dichotomy in social justice activism.
Proposed labour reforms in France have sparked mass protests led by young people who want to reclaim democracy from the elite.
The two biggest American protest groups of the millennium have long passed their peak – but their effects linger on.
Children have their own idea of justice, which develops fairly early. So, what’s fair sharing for children? What do they think about rewards and what is their idea of fair punishment?
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Senior Lecturer in Politics, University of Exeter; Independent Social Research Foundation
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Sociologue, Chercheur FNRS à l'Université de Louvain (Belgique), Fondation Maison des Sciences de l'Homme (FMSH)
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Lecturer in Political Theory, Loughborough University
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Professor of Health Policy and Management, York University, Canada
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Fellow at the Center for Advanced Study in the Behavioral Sciences at Stanford and Professor of Management and Sociology, University of Michigan
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Research Investigator, University of Michigan
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Associate Professor of Health Sciences, Ontario Tech University
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Associate Professor in Organisation Studies, University of Leicester
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Professor of Political Theory, Loughborough University; Independent Social Research Foundation
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PhD Candidate, Institute of North American Studies, King's College London
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Professor of Political Science, Athabasca University
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PhD Student, York University, Canada
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Masters student, York University, Canada
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Associate Teaching Professor, School of Interdisciplinary Arts and Sciences, University of Washington, Bothell
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Professor of Political Science, Concordia University of Edmonton