Jane Kilpatrick

Aug 17, 2024 | tni.org | Phyllis Bennis |Arun Kundnani |Jane Kilpatrick |Achille Mbembe

On “shrinking space” Framing paper Individual and collective activism is facing a global pushback from states, corporations and the Far Right. How useful is the metaphorical concept of ‘shrinking space’ to examine such repression of civic society? This report deconstructs the shrinking space narrative and critiques some of its inherent problems, particularly its conflation with ‘civic space’.