Monthly Archives: February 2009

Technology 4 democracy?!

Technology can do so much – it’s connected people everywhere in a common language, given people increasing amounts of knowledge and information, created an increasingly globalized world, and now — it’s revolutionizing even democratization. Technology, itself, is democratic. It allows anyone to post content on the ever-growing web and gives people immediate access to huge…

Share

International Bridges to Justice

In my previous post, I emphasized the need for a focus on rule of law and human rights, rather than simply ‘democracy promotion.’ Well, there is an amazing organization striving to do just that. One of my favorite organizations is International Bridges to Justice, a highly innovative, efficient, and effective organization that has a clear…

Share

Democracy for all?

I’m currently reading The Future of Freedom by Fareed Zakaria and he makes some extremely useful observations with regards to democracy and liberty. He says there is a clear division between ‘democracy’ and ‘constitutional liberalism’ – something we tend to lump together in the Western world, having lived in liberal democracies our whole lives. But…

Share

Brand new blog!

Hi everyone! So, I know all the arguments against it — but I’m starting a new blog focused on the intersection of human rights and social enterprise, things I’m insanely excited about. Please check out some of the posts I’ve written below. I’ve imported the most relevant ones from my previous blog, and I hope…

Share