VOLUME 2(4) • 2007
GLOBAL CAPITALISM AND THE POST-CORPORATE WORLD
ABSTRACT. By geopolitics or geopolitical competition, Klare means the contention between great powers and aspiring great powers for control over territory, resources, and important geographical positions. Hardt and Negri state that war has become a regime of biopower and a permanent social relation...
TABLOID JOURNALISM AND NEWS QUALITY
ABSTRACT. Örnebring and Jönsson hold that tabloid journalism positions itself, in different ways, as an alternative to the issues, forms and audiences of the journalistic mainstream. Djupsund and Carlson maintain that media should arouse interest, present topical and upcoming issues, and inform abou..
THE CONCEPT OF SPACE IN HUMAN GEOGRAPHY
ABSTRACT. Zierhofer says that traditional geography took space as a container, as a cause, and as a consequence of activities. Sauer argues that the geographic bent rests on seeing and thinking about what is in the landscape, what has technically been called the content of the earth's surface. Proct..
POSTMODERN GEOPOLITICS AND THE EPISTEMOLOGY OF BORDERS
ABSTRACT. Harvey says that the fundamental point is to see the territorial and the capitalist logic of power as distinct from each other. Barber emphasizes that neither Jihad, nor McWorld promises a remotely democratic future. Hardt and Negri write that empire establishes no territorial center of po..
CRIMINAL LAW, THE HARMONIZATION CLAIM AND THE EFFECTIVENESS OF ITS IMPLEMENTATION
ABSTRACT. La Jacobs and Potter hold that the only thing that distinguishes a crime in which assailants cause physical injury based on greed, anger, or some unknown criminal impulse, and a crime in which assailants cause physical injury based on their perception that the victim is black is the assail..
TABLOIDIZATION, NEWS CONTENT, AND THE POWER OF JOURNALISM
ABSTRACT. Sparks claims that popular journalism is headed in directions where even the urge to extrapolate from the individual experience to the social totality is declining. Martin maintains that "news" often is more like entertainment than information or education. Shoemaker points out that news i..
HISTORICAL REPRESENTATION AND RETHINKING INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS
ABSTRACT. Naidu highlights two important dimensions of international relations of East Asia: the changing nature of great power relations and the genesis of regional multilateralism. Mallaby remarks that a new imperial moment has arrived, and that by virtue of its power America is bound to play the ..
WHY DOES FOREIGN DIRECT INVESTMENT REACT TO EXCHANGE RATE CHANGES?
ABSTRACT. Fernald and Neiman provide empirical support for the quantitative importance of profits and heterogeneous user costs. Aysan holds that high growth performances experienced by many developing countries may not bring high level of development by taking proceeding slow down of their economies..
CAPITAL MARKET IMPERFECTIONS, FINANCIAL DEVELOPMENT, AND ECONOMIC GROWTH
ABSTRACT. Fernald and Neiman assess implications of heterogeneous user costs of capital in the newly industrialized economies (NIEs) and, in the case of Singapore, large but declining pure economic profits. Aysan contends that countries with high growth volatility are characterized with lack of well..
REGULATION OF FINANCIAL SYSTEMS AND CAPITAL MARKET IMPERFECTIONS
ABSTRACT. Buch and Kleinert claim that changes in real exchange rates affect the probability that domestic firms win bids over foreign firms if the acquisition of a (foreign) firm depends on the net worth of the investor. Kousis and McCulloch argue that registered banks are the main type of financia..
INTERNAL CONTROL MECHANISMS, OWNERSHIP STRUCTURE, AND MANAGEMENT TURNOVER
ABSTRACT. INTOSAI holds that as information technology has advanced, organizations have become increasingly dependent on computerized information systems to carry out their operations and to process, maintain, and report essential information. PCAOB maintains that the components of a potential signi..
THE PRICE SYSTEM IN THE EUROPEAN UNION
ABSTRACT. Through a simulation model, Rickard and Sumner show quantitatively how the removal of EU production subsidies would reduce EU production and exports, and raise prices in the global market. OECD claims that the EU economy is enjoying a strong cyclical rebound: employment has risen, and the ..