Most “majority world” countries (a more appropriate term than Third World) face numerous levels of inequalities in comparison to “minority world” countries: foreign debts, unequal commercial rules (agricultural subsidies for example), access to education etc. In the last 2 decades, a new form of inequality appeared: the digital breach.  It is considerably more difficult for [...]

In my opinion, a few factors make Argentina a low social capital country: a history of dictatorships, bad governments (check out Carlos Menem in Google for a hint), some degree of corruption (though not as pronounced as other Latin American countries), strong social inequalities, a better past (Argentina used to be a model of social equality, dominated by a strong middle class).

Building communities is often perceived as a very local matter involving a small group of people. In reality, the global economic and social context does as much with community-building as individual involvement and micro level mobilization. With this idea in mind, 148 organizations of peasants and small farmers participate in La Via Campesina (meaning the [...]

With the actual crisis and the realization that having hockey teams in the American South might not be a great business model after all, Quebec City has started dreaming about a possible return of its beloved Nordiques. In this context, I would like to propose a different perspective on our national sport. In my humble [...]