Posts in Issue VII
Substantive and Procedural Justice in the World Trade Organization
Substantive and Procedural Justice in the World Trade Organization

By Nick McIndoe

Since the end of World War II, global governance has been characterized by the presence of international institutions, which are charged to pursue global justice. However, there is presently much conjecture regarding the justice of such institutions. In this paper, I introduce two main branches of global justice, namely ‘substantive justice’ and ‘procedural justice.’ Then, I apply these concepts to the World Trade Organization in order to analyse its policies, practices, and structural foundations. For an international institution that allegedly promotes economic and international trade equality, my findings are troubling.

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Archives, Issue VIIContent Editorsgovernment, institutions, politics, peace, World Trade Organization, global, leadership, national, economyComment
The Strangers, The Crowd, and The Lynching: Using Mimetic Theory to Explore Episodes of Human Violence
The Strangers, The Crowd, and The Lynching: Using Mimetic Theory to Explore Episodes of Human Violence

By Jenna Geick

In October of 2015, Mexican and United States news sources reported on circumstances that resulted in the lynching of José and David Copado in Ajalpan, Mexico. Hours after the brothers arrived in town, word spread of the arrival of the strangers, and a crowd approached the brothers, violently accusing them of playing a role in the disappearance of local children. The police found no reason to suspect the two brothers to be child abductors, but very few residents accepted the police verdict. The brothers were seized by the crowd and brought to the center of it, as a man doused the brothers with gasoline before setting them on fire. How are we to understand why such a horrific act of violence occurred, so that it does not occur again?

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Archives, Issue VIIContent Editorstheory, violence, society, stereotypes, Mexico, rivalryComment
The Crises of Human Identity in the 1960s
The Crises of Human Identity in the 1960s

By David deHaas

The 1960s were a time of many social and political movements representing the diverse voices and concerns amongst the fragmented American populous. The particular causes of these movements consisted of clashes between standard cultural norms that characterized American society, and communities that resisted this standard. I would posit that a substantial causal factor of these clashes was a widespread crises of human identity.

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Archives, Issue VIIContent Editorswomen, politics, government, identity, crisis, movement, culture, sexism, counter-cultureComment