"It is not the task of a university to take a centralised position on foreign policy issues. However, when...serious and large-scale war crimes are deliberately committed by a government and when there is an evident risk of genocide, there are strong reasons to...condemn such acts."
Bravo Uppsala!👏
The Uppsala University Board has called on the Swedish government to explicitly condemn Israel’s actions, to immediately resume its funding of UNRWA, & to actively work within the EU to take all available measures to prevent a genocide in Gaza. www.uu.se/en/news/2025...
I love the critique - adrianbua.bsky.social engages with the question that was part of why I wrote the book: what if all that ‘participation’ and ‘deliberation’ actually achieve is to co-opt people who could have used their passion for social justice differently and more meaningfully?
My book reviewed by the brilliant Adrian Bua!
"The Professionalisation of Participatory Democracy: Patricia García-Espín & Emma Lancha-Hernández examine class and cultural biases in citizen advisory councils. Read OPEN ACCESS: buff.ly/S0OiJ5t
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Building on #feminist care ethics, Markus Holdo makes a case for ‘caring for democracy’ as a distinct #democratic practice
OPEN ACCESS: delibdemjournal.org/article/id/1...