Where can I find more information on a political economy approach to governance reforms?

In most African States civil society has been viewed not to be active in public policy making, the reins of governance have been in full control in this important aspect of state management.

Syria has been at war for approx the last 3yrs with little view in sight of a succession of violence. Direct countries within the middle east have taken different sides and the international community has basically sat on their hands.

The civil war has seen the use of chemical weapons and now embarks on a course of genocide. What will eventually stop this civil war and ensure the whole region does further fragment.

Where can I get data of government borrowing from private banks?

How has 23 years (1990 – 2013) of war contributed to slum build up in Kabul City and its subsequent effect on the developing housing process and existing housing conditions?

The year 1978 saw a coup in Kabul that resulted in foreign and civil war within Afghanistan that’s still being continued till present day. The man made disasters have caused over three million Afghan civilians to migrate to 75 countries around the world and hundreds and thousands more to internally migrate. With many people being displaced and homeless, slums began to sporadically appear around various major cities.

USA pulling out of Paris Climate accord. Will it undermine the climate change initiatives? what are the possible immediate and future impact of this pull out?

If two countries enter into an agreement with each other the subject of which is against the Constitution of one of the countries who are party to the contract. What happens then?

In the last few years, there appears to be a rise in the use of the work-to-rule strategy when negotiations stall. It is a bargaining tactic used by unions in which its members only perform those job responsibilities, the minimum required, that are clearly articulated in the collective bargaining agreement and/or in policy. It is hoped that the resulting slowdown will have a negative impact on the employer, thus creating a change in their bargaining position. In the case of education, work-to-rule is aimed at the service provided to students.

We have seen that in recent days the central “social and economic” reality are banks. In the European Union, northern counties have become “banks” of the European south. Wall street has invented a “machine” which converts “thin air” to real money. For this reality of money all citizens of the world are paying to support this “thin air” with real money. Most countries are full of dept. Can democracy survive in this framework?

See also releated TED talks

Ivan Krastev: Can democracy exist without trust?

Eric X. Li: A tale of two political systems

Rory Stewart: Why democracy matters

Yasheng Huang: Does democracy stifle economic growth?

David Cameron: The next age of government

Evgeny Morozov: How the Net aids dictatorships

Michael Sandel: The lost art of democratic debate

Michael Sandel: Why we shouldn't trust markets with our civic life

Noah Feldman: Politics and religion are technologies

Diane Benscoter: How cults rewire the brain