VOLUME 2(2) • 2010
ON STEREOTYPES, MEDIA AND REDRESSING GENDERED SOCIAL INEQUALITY
ABSTRACT. ‘Combating gender stereotypes: The role of education and the media’ was one of the two central themes of a ministerial conference of the Council of Europe (24–25 May 2010, Baku, Azerbaijan). The conference aims to develop cross-European policy directed at gender equality. This talk suggest..
RECONCEIVING REFUGEES AND INTERNALLY DISPLACED PERSONS (IDPS) AS TRANSITIONAL JUSTICE ACTORS
ABSTRACT. This paper constitutes a plea to the academic and practitioner community to conduct research in an emerging area. Current discussions about transitional justice in a post-conflict state tend to ignore the issue of who is included in and excluded from transitional justice decisions, includi..
BIOECONOMY AND THIRD INDUSTRIAL REVOLUTION IN THE AGE OF SYNTHETIC LIFE
ABSTRACT. This paper discusses a scientific publication on the creation of new synthetic life by researchers at the Craig Venter Institute in May 2010 within the context of biocapitalism and the ‘third industrial revolution’. It also reviews and analyzes the debate over the creation of synthetic lif..
EXISTENTIAL IDENTITY, ONTOLOGICAL INSECURITY AND MENTAL WELL-BEING IN THE WORKPLACE
ABSTRACT. This paper sets out to investigate the potential impact that organizational policies and practices may have on existential identity. In particular, the intention is to introduce the concept of ontological insecurity as a means to explore the possible links between working life, existential..
OTHER MODELS FOR LABOR-MANAGEMENT DISPUTE RESOLUTION: THE WISCONSIN EXPERIMENT
ABSTRACT. Twenty-two years ago leaders from the Wisconsin Department of Labor Relations and leaders from the Wisconsin State Employees Union, AFSCME Council 24, saw a need to create better ways to more efficiently handle their large backlog of routine grievances. Thus they mutually crafted and adopt..
TAXATION: THE ETHICS OF ITS AVOIDANCE OR DODGING
ABSTRACT. The paper argues given that taxation is a form of extortion, it is ethically justified to resist it in a variety of ways (all the while keeping due process in mind). Prominent objections are considered and rejected; an alternative to funding legal services is suggested. pp. 80–91Keywords: ..
THEORIZING TERRORISM: TERRORISM AS MORAL ACTION • A SCOPING STUDY
ABSTRACT. We report on the findings of a scoping study. Our remit was to establish whether a theory of moral action and crime causation – specifically, Situational Action Theory – could provide a framework for under- standing the causes of acts of terrorism, organizing current knowledge, and outlini..