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Boycotting Beijing: A History of Politics at the Olympic Games
By Jackson Kern · 16 years ago
China recently demonstrated its willingness to brutally suppress stirrings of Tibetan sentiment. Angry protestors in Paris and elsewhere then seized the occasion of the Olympic torch's passing to express their ire toward the hosts of ...
Three Challenges Defining Social-Political Sustainability
By Jackson Kern · 16 years ago
The subtle difference between pure social development and social-political sustainability is very central to the pursuit of sustainable development. Just as economic development accomplishes little if the achievements heralded are unsustainable, so too must social ...
Social-Political Sustainability: The Human Element
By Jackson Kern · 16 years ago
It is commonly accepted that the project of sustainable development is conceptually composed of three constituent parts. These parts are (1) environmental sustainability, (2) economic sustainability, and (3) social-political sustainability. The United Nations 2005 World ...