Governance after the crisis.

• Position: Foreword - Brief article

The global financial and economic crisis has taken its toll on national politics. Ranging from doubts over the legitimacy of capitalism in the West to the (re)election of socialist leaders and military coups in some parts of the South and conflict escalation all across the Middle East and South Asia, the effects of the recent crisis brought into attention a series of governance related issues. Everyone had to look into their own yard, count the livestock and reflect. The aftermath pushed higher on the public agenda a series of questions regarding the current...