Citizenship
What is an American Muslim?
Abdullahi Ahmed An-Na’im’s “What is an American Muslim? Embracing Faith and Citizenship” (2014) is an Oxford publication, written in what seems like a world away in terms of US identity politics. The book is largely not what the title reads “What is…” but rather “What should…”. Although the author has produced some interesting works (for […]
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Capitalism, Alone
In the realm of those interested in inequality, Milanovic and Piketty have been leading intellectual voices in the last decade. A few years ago I wrote about Milanovic’s 2016 book on global inequality, this post covers his 2019 book Capitalism, Alone. In general, I think anyone interested in development economics should read this, and fortunately […]
Tags: #Capitalism #Citizenship #Ideology #Inequality #Milanovic
How Migration Shaped Our World and Will Define Our Future
Open doors or build walls? Immigration is one of the most politicized issues. Thus, the value of the book by Goldin, Cameron and Balarajan (2011): “Exceptional People – How Migration Shaped Our World and Will Define Our Future”. Before delving into the detail, this book was likely written for an undergraduate audience – those moderately […]
Tags: #Citizenship #Development #Exceptional People #Immigration #Migration #Policy
How Migration Shaped Our World and Will Define Our Future
Open doors or build walls? Immigration is one of the most politicized issues. Thus, the value of the book by Goldin, Cameron and Balarajan (2011): “Exceptional People – How Migration Shaped Our World and Will Define Our Future”. Before delving into the detail, this book was likely written for an undergraduate audience – those moderately […]
Tags: #Citizenship #Development #Exceptional People #Immigration #Migration #Policy
PhD Studentship: Citizenship, Civil Society and Rule of Law
The Centre for Citizenship, Civil Society and Rule of Law (CISRUL) at the University of Aberdeen is delighted to offer two 3-year PhD studentships to start in September 2016. The studentships will include home/overseas fees and a full stipend of £14,296 per annum. We welcome applicants from anthropology, cultural and literary studies, history, legal theory […]
Tags: #Citizenship #Civil society #Doctoral Studentship #Interdisciplinary #Rule of law
About me
Logan Cochrane
Associate Professor at HBKU in the College of Public Policy. He is an Associate Fellow of the Ethiopian Academy of Sciences and an Adjunct Professor at Hawassa University (Institute for Policy and Development Research). Over the last fifteen years, he has worked in Afghanistan, Benin, Burundi, Canada, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Egypt, Ethiopia, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, South Africa, South Sudan, Tanzania and Uganda. Logan acts as a consultant for governmental agencies and non-governmental organizations, seeking to create bridges between research and practice.
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