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Research paper thumbnail of Learned helplessness and Roma, the most marginalized of all ethnic groups in Europe

Political Passions and Jungian Psychology, 2020

Research paper thumbnail of Beyond the Neo-Con Men - a series of dialogues: organization, cross-cultural collaboration, rights framing, visions for social and political change

Cosmopolitan Civil Societies: An Interdisciplinary Journal, 2009

At the end of 2007 one of Australia's most successful conservative governments was defeated at th... more At the end of 2007 one of Australia's most successful conservative governments was defeated at the polls. The defeat of the John Howard was followed by the demise of his ally in the United States, George W Bush, seemingly signalling the end of an era. Two years later, with the benefit of hindsight, this issue of the Journal of Cosmopolitan Civil Societies rethinks the political landscape, and assesses forces and possibilities for social and political change in Australia. Neo-conservatism may be in the history books, but what replaced it? What next for political and social movements: how can they build their power; how do they produce allies, organisations, legitimacy, inspiration, vision?

Research paper thumbnail of Contesting the ‘we’ of ‘we’: the rights of Indigenous peoples in Australia

Cosmopolitan Civil Societies: An Interdisciplinary Journal, 2009

Introducing three papers which have as their theme Indigenous and non-Indigenous rights, this pap... more Introducing three papers which have as their theme Indigenous and non-Indigenous rights, this paper offers a set of frameworks through which to read the various discourses as they have steered debates since colonialisation. It examines the way Indigenous rights have been contested against a colonial legal framework, first through the guiee of assimilation, various definitions of ‘reconciliation’, and self determination, and finally in the claim for land rights in New South Wales. It argues that the philosopher Martin Buber offers a means of achieving rights for everyone, through his I-Thou model of inter-subjectivity.

Research paper thumbnail of Peering into One of Winnicott's "Blank Spots

Research paper thumbnail of Learned helplessness and Roma, the most marginalized of all ethnic groups in Europe

Political Passions and Jungian Psychology, 2020

Research paper thumbnail of Beyond the Neo-Con Men - a series of dialogues: organization, cross-cultural collaboration, rights framing, visions for social and political change

Cosmopolitan Civil Societies: An Interdisciplinary Journal, 2009

At the end of 2007 one of Australia's most successful conservative governments was defeated at th... more At the end of 2007 one of Australia's most successful conservative governments was defeated at the polls. The defeat of the John Howard was followed by the demise of his ally in the United States, George W Bush, seemingly signalling the end of an era. Two years later, with the benefit of hindsight, this issue of the Journal of Cosmopolitan Civil Societies rethinks the political landscape, and assesses forces and possibilities for social and political change in Australia. Neo-conservatism may be in the history books, but what replaced it? What next for political and social movements: how can they build their power; how do they produce allies, organisations, legitimacy, inspiration, vision?

Research paper thumbnail of Contesting the ‘we’ of ‘we’: the rights of Indigenous peoples in Australia

Cosmopolitan Civil Societies: An Interdisciplinary Journal, 2009

Introducing three papers which have as their theme Indigenous and non-Indigenous rights, this pap... more Introducing three papers which have as their theme Indigenous and non-Indigenous rights, this paper offers a set of frameworks through which to read the various discourses as they have steered debates since colonialisation. It examines the way Indigenous rights have been contested against a colonial legal framework, first through the guiee of assimilation, various definitions of ‘reconciliation’, and self determination, and finally in the claim for land rights in New South Wales. It argues that the philosopher Martin Buber offers a means of achieving rights for everyone, through his I-Thou model of inter-subjectivity.

Research paper thumbnail of Peering into One of Winnicott's "Blank Spots

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