Edited by John Clammer and Jonathan Vickery
In a time of huge religious, political and territorial conflict, the cultural dimensions of place, identity, values, and governance, are all too easily ignored. The last special issue of the Journal of Law, Social Justice and Global Development was concerned with Cultural Rights (Culture and Human Rights). The UN’s webpage on democracy states that “Democracy is a universally recognized ideal and… provides an environment for the protection and effective realization of human rights”. This special issue is given to the question of democracy. How have global cultural policies and development policies emerged in part through a quest for the “ideal” of democracy? How do cultural policies operationalise “democratisation” in development situations, or perhaps imagine alternative ideals of democracy, or simulate alternative forms of democratic life (participation, equality, liberty)? The 2001 UNESCO Universal Declaration on Cultural Diversity, and then the 2005 Convention on the Protection and Promotion of the Diversity of Cultural Expressions, both appealed to the values of democracy. But what form of democracy is most effective in their implementation? What happened to the discourse on democracy and development that featured milestone texts like the World Commission on Culture and Development’s Our Creative Diversity (1966), or Towards a Constructive Pluralism (UNESCO, 1999), or Boutros-Ghali’s The Interaction between Democracy and Development (UNESCO, 2002). What happened to the notion that cultural pluralism was a road to democratisation, and why do policies on multiculturalism no longer seem to promise a vibrant participatory “culture” of democracy for the brave new “globalised” world?
Articles in this Issue
Special Issue Introduction: Development, Democracy and Culture
Clammer, J. and Vickery, J. (2019) 'Special Issue Introduction: Democracy, Development and Culture', Journal of Law, Social Justice and Global Development (Special Issue, ‘Democracy, Development and Culture’, ed. John Clammer and Jonathan Vickery), Issue 24: 2019:Rip it up and start again? The contemporary relevance of the 2005 UNESCO Convention on Cultural Diversity
Garner, B. and O’Connor, J. (2019) Rip it up and start again? The contemporary relevance of the 2005 UNESCO Convention on Cultural Diversity', Journal of Law, Social Justice and Global Development (Special Issue, ‘Democracy, Development and Culture’, ed. John Clammer and Jonathan Vickery), Issue 24: 2019: 8-23.An unsustainable modernity: Democracy, the global climate emergency, and environmental ethics
Smart, B. (2019) ‘An unsustainable modernity: Democracy, the global climate emergency, and environmental ethics', Journal of Law, Social Justice and Global Development (Special Issue, ‘Democracy, Development and Culture’, ed. John Clammer and Jonathan Vickery), Issue 24: 2019: 24-42.The problem of democracy in the ASEAN Creative City: the cases of Chiang Mai, Bandung, Cebu, and George Town
Chuangchai, P. (2019) ‘The problem of democracy in the ASEAN Creative City: the cases of Chiang Mai, Bandung, Cebu, and George Town', Journal of Law, Social Justice and Global Development (Special Issue, ‘Democracy, Development and Culture’, ed. John Clammer and Jonathan Vickery), Issue 24: 2019: 43-68.Trust and Cultural Governance
King, I. and Schramme, A. (2019) ‘Trust and Cultural Governance', Journal of Law, Social Justice and Global Development (Special Issue, ‘Democracy, Development and Culture’, ed. John Clammer and Jonathan Vickery), Issue 24: 2019: 72-84.The democratic development potential of a cultural ecosystem approach
Barker, V. (2019) ' The democratic development potential of a cultural ecosystem approach', Journal of Law, Social Justice and Global Development (Special Issue, ‘Democracy, Development and Culture’, ed. John Clammer and Jonathan Vickery), Issue 24: 2019: 86-99.Animating political protests through artivism in 21st century Nairobi, Kenya
Halliday, C. (2019) ' Animating political protests through artivism in 21st century Nairobi, Kenya', Journal of Law, Social Justice and Global Development (Special Issue, ‘Democracy, Development and Culture’, ed. John Clammer and Jonathan Vickery), Issue 24: 2019: 100-113.Is Civil Society Self-Regulation Effective? The case of Roman Third-Sector and “Mafia Capitale” Scandal
Carolei, D. (2019) ‘Is Civil Society Self-Regulation Effective? The case of Roman Third-Sector and “Mafia Capitale” Scandal’, Journal of Law, Social Justice and Global Development (Special Issue, ‘Democracy, Development and Culture’, ed. John Clammer and Jonathan Vickery), Issue 24: 2019: 115-138.Indigenous Peoples’ Identity vs. State’s Right to Integrity: An Asia Overview
Butrymowicz, M. (2019) Indigenous Peoples’ Identity vs. State’s Right to Integrity: An Asia Overview', Journal of Law, Social Justice and Global Development (Special Issue, ‘Democracy, Development and Culture’, ed. John Clammer and Jonathan Vickery), Issue 24: 2019: 139-149.Comment: Germany’s Rule of Law Interventions, Like those Elsewhere, Need to Follow the Laws, Principles and Measures that Germany and the International Community Claim to Promote
Lempert, D. (2019) ‘Germany’s Rule of Law Interventions, Like those Elsewhere, Need to Follow the Laws, Principles and Measures that Germany and the International Community Claim to Promote', Journal of Law, Social Justice and Global Development (Special Issue, ‘Democracy, Development and Culture’, ed. John Clammer and Jonathan Vickery), Issue 24: 2019: 150-153.