Aug 25, 2019
Macdonald Scott is an immigration consultant who helps (mainly disadvantaged) migrants acquire official status as immigrants to Canada. He explains to Metta Spencer that the system is not nearly as generous as most Canadians believe.
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Aug 25, 2019
Ashis Nandy is a political psychologist in Delhi who notes the harms resulting from India's development programs. After explaining this to Subir Guin and Metta Spencer, he analyzes Modi's reasons for depriving Kashmiris of their political autonomy.
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Aug 20, 2019
John Feffer edits “Foreign Policy in Focus," a publication of the Institute for Policy Studies in Washington D.C. He called to ask Metta about what he sees as a trend: an increasing difficulty for leftish and liberal democratic internationalists to cooperate across borders, whereas the burgeoning nationalistic...
Aug 13, 2019
Ann Swidler is a Berkeley sociologist who believes that Western altruists who want to help Africa should begin by learning about the culture where they go. Otherwise they will be shocked to find their assistance failing. She tells Metta that it is useless to try to change African sex norms, for example, because the...
Aug 11, 2019
Many universities teach courses about peace and conflict, and the faculty members who specialize in these matters meet annually to share their research findings. Three of our panelists, Chris Hyrnkow, Peter Venton, and Florence Stratton, had just attended the 2018 conference and the third panelist was a...