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The World Social Forum (WSF) is a biannualmeeting space for the globaljustice movement that facilitates the coordination of worldwide events andprotests around a variety of social justice issues. I argue that although theprinciples of the WSF are based on feminist methods of participation, theresearch presented here demonstrates that women, gender, and feminism weremarginalized in the program and content at the forum's inception. Empiricallythe paper presents the structure of programming and a quantitative examinationof women's and feminist groups' participation of the first years of the WSFprocess. I consider the thematic development of the WSF and role ofinformation sharing and intersectionality as feminist principles wereincorporated into the WSF. I refer to various theoretical perspectives on genderincluding feminist political economy, postcolonialism,and queer theory tomake sense of feminist participation and marginalization at the World SocialForum.

The World Social Forum (WSF) is a biannualmeeting space for the globaljustice movement that facilitates the coordination of worldwide events andprotests around a variety of social justice issues. I argue that although theprinciples of the WSF are based on feminist methods of participation, theresearch presented here demonstrates that women, gender, and feminism weremarginalized in the program and content at the forum's inception. Empiricallythe paper presents the structure of programming and a quantitative examinationof women's and feminist groups' participation of the first years of the WSFprocess. I consider the thematic development of the WSF and role ofinformation sharing and intersectionality as feminist principles wereincorporated into the WSF. I refer to various theoretical perspectives on genderincluding feminist political economy, postcolonialism,and queer theory tomake sense of feminist participation and marginalization at the World SocialForum.

In late 2008 Athenian youths, triggered by extreme police violence, took to the streets with collective and intensive protests against the growing poverty, unemployment, and political corruption in Greece. The subsequent, regular protests in urban Greece speak not only to the rejection of Greek governance but also to the political and economic promise of the Euro-zone falsely promoted as a boon for its periphery. The oft-reiterated headline "Athens is burning" is varyingly used by left and right media reporting on Greece and its population's fierce dissent.

Throughout the world development agencies and governments promote micro-enterprise development as a solution to the employment crisis and penury of the global south. But what brought about the unprecedented expansion and worldwide promotion of micro-enterprise development? As a case study on micro-enterprise expansion in the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago, this paper offers a grounded theory analysis based on semi-structured interviews with national and international officials active in micro-enterprise development. Themes drawn from the interviews demonstrate that the failure of past development policies and the neo-liberal response to these failures help explain why micro-enterprise development expanded vastly in Trinidad and Tobago. Theoretically, I draw from Luxembourg's (1951) and Nash's (1990) studies on subsistence or petty production under capitalism and the world-systems analysis of households (Wallerstein and Scott 1992a; 1992b) to develop a conceptual framework for understanding the expansion of micro-enterprise development under neo-liberalism globally. In this era, micro-enterprise development reflects two separate strategies of dealing with economic crises—informal or unwaged work and government transfer or social safety nets—merged into one.

An economic leader in the Caribbean, the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago has incorporated micro‐business development as one of its main strategies to alleviate poverty and unemployment and to spawn economic growth since the late 1980s. Although the discovery of natural gas in the early nineties catapulted Trinidad's economic growth rate to four per cent per annum, unemployment and poverty continue to affect a large portion of the population. The majority of the population has not benefited from Trinidad's economic growth. Thus, the government has attempted to create "a nation of entrepreneurs" in order to relieve some of the inequality that defines the society (Ministry of Trade and Industry 1997).

Preliminary Material /J.R. Blau and M. Karides -- Introduction /Marina Karides and Judith Blau -- Chapter 1. In defense of world social forum VII /Marina Karides and Thomas Ponniah -- Chapter 2. The US social forum: Building from the bottom up /Michael Leon Guerrero -- Chapter 3. New politics emerging at the US social forum /Jackie Smith , Rachel V. Kutz-Flamenbaum and Christopher Hausmann -- Chapter 4. Another United States is happening: Building today's movement from the bottom up - The United States social forum and beyond /Walda Katz-Fishman and Jerome W. Scott -- Chapter 5. A different (kind of ) politics is possible: Conflict and problem(s)at the ussf /Michal Osterweil -- Chapter 6. Reading Nairobi: Place, space, and difference at the 2007 World Social Forum /Janet Conway -- Chapter 7. Is the world social forum the privileged space for reinventing labor as a global social movement? /Peter Waterman -- Chapter 8. Is the world Social Forum a democratic global civil society? /Stellan Vinthagen -- Chapter 9. Social forums – Challenges and new perspectives /Chico Whitaker -- Chapter 10. Reformist reforms, non-reformist reforms and global justice: Activist,Ngo and intellectual challenges in the World Social Forum /Patrick Bond -- Chapter 11. Feminists and the forum: Is it worth the effort? /Lyndi Hewitt -- Chapter 12. Sociology, human rights, and the World Social Forum /Mark Frezzo -- Chapter 13. Another structure of knowledge is possible: The social forum process and Academia /Steven Sherman -- Chapter 14. World Social Forum: Re-imaging development and the Global South beyond the Neo-Colonial Gaze /Eunice N. Sahle -- Notes on contributors /J.R. Blau and M. Karides -- Index /J.R. Blau and M. Karides.

Collaboration is essential to manage complex real world problems. We used phenomenologic methods to elaborate a description of collaboration between two departments at an academic medical center who considered their relationship to represent a model of effective collaboration. Key collaborative structures included a shared vision and commitment by leaders, rigorous quality improvement, clear delineation of roles with built-in flexibility, ongoing commitment to formal and informal communication channels and conflict resolution, relationship development grounded in respect and responsiveness, and shared training in a supportive learning environment with legitimate participation fostering skill development. This study reveals the complexity and resources required for collaboration which both explains why collaboration is not as easy to achieve and identifies processes that foster collaboration.