Translucent Citizenship: Khwaja Sira Activism and Alternatives to Dissent in Pakistan

The arts of indigenous online dissent: Negotiating technology, indigeneity, and activism in the Cordillera

Please cite this article in press as: Soriano, C.R the Cordillera. Telemat. Informat. (2011), doi: The online communicative environment is expected to revolutionize political discourse as it expands to cover underrepresented groups and ideas. In this platform, marginalized groups such as indigenous communities from the developing world can articulate claims, strategically mobilize and participa...

To Dissent or not to Dissent? Informative Dissent and Parliamentary Governance

Legislative dissent occurs frequently in most parliamentary systems despite its potential detrimental effects on both party and legislator, i.e., legislators depend on their party label for re-election, whose value in turn depends in part on the party’s ability to appear cohesive. Commonly dissent has been attributed to ‘extreme’ preferences. I provide an informational rationale for dissent. Di...

Media Transformation and New Practices of Citizenship: The example of environmental activism in post-apartheid Durban

Media transformation and new practices of citizenship: the example of environmental activism in South Durban

The Open University's repository of research publications and other research outputs Media transformation and new practices of citizenship: the example of environmental activism in South Dur-ban Journal Article How to cite: Barnett, Clive (2002). Media transformation and new practices of citizenship: the example of environmental activism in South Durban. Transformation(51), pp. 1–21.

Dissent To the Preceding Article

1. When I assumed directorship of the Clinical Center of the National Institutes of Health (NIH) in 1970 I was anxious to establish my firm belief that all physicians engaged in practice and administration should conduct research relatedjo their clinical responsibilities. The Employee Health Department of the whole NIH was under my jurisdiction, and the appearance of the late Linus Pauling's bo...