VOLUME 4(1) • 2012
HENRY GIROUX ON DEMOCRACY UNSETTLED: FROM CRITICAL PEDAGOGY TO THE WAR ON YOUTH
Henry Giroux is one of the founding theorists of critical pedagogy in the United States and a close friend of the late Paulo Freire. He and Freire coedited a very influential series on education and cultural politics for Bergin and Garvey. Giroux has made groundbreaking contributions to numerous fie..
THE GLOBAL LEGAL FRAMEWORK FOR OCEANS GOVERNANCE
ABSTRACT. The theory that I shall seek to elaborate here puts considerable emphasis on the unifying nature of the maritime port in oceans and coastal law, the foundations of military access to the coastal seas, the importance of access to the littorals for international security, and freedom of navi..
DEVELOPMENTS IN PUBLICATION METRICS
ABSTRACT. In the present paper, I focus on citation measures based on indexed journal papers, the use of quality and impact metrics, quantitative indicators of research quality and impact, and the pressure to publish articles in top-tier, peer-reviewed journals. This study is grounded in the conside..
GEOPOLITICS OF TECHNOLOGY AND THE HYDROCARBON STATUS QUO
ABSTRACT. Why does the Kyoto mechanism fail again? Is oil more than energy? Is this a construct that architectures the world currently known to and permitted for us? “No one governs innocently” – de Beauvoir noted in her 1947’s The Ethics of Ambiguity… I open my piece by reflecting upon the recent r..
THE ROOTS AND CONSEQUENCES OF EUROSKEPTICISM: AN EVALUATION OF THE UNITED KINGDOM INDEPENDENCE PARTY
ABSTRACT. This article examines the causes and consequences of Euroskepticism through a study of the United Kingdom Independence Party. Based on an analysis of UKIP’s election campaigns, policies and performance, the article examines the roots of UKIP and its, potential, consequences for the British..
DEVELOPING EFFECTIVE OCEAN GOVERNANCE
ABSTRACT. Scholarly research reveals strong correlations between the need for institutional and policy adaptation for effective and efficient ocean governance, the ecosystem-based approach in ocean governance, the changing ocean and coastal governance approach, and the quality of the environment of ..
CHURCH-STATE REGIMES AND DEMOCRACY IN THE WEST: CONVERGENCE VS. DIVERGENCE
ABSTRACT. This paper attempts to analyze church-state relations from the perspective of democratic theory and practice in Western nation states. This is done at two levels. A more conceptual level involves the discussion of the relationship between religion and democracy, typologies of church-state ..
REPRESENTATIVE BUREAUCRACY AND MULTILEVEL GOVERNANCE IN THE EU: A RESEARCH AGENDA
ABSTRACT. Representative bureaucracy is fundamental to democratic principles such as legitimacy and acting on behalf of others (see Pitkin 1967; Mosher 1982). The European Commission (2010a) has recognized the importance of improving the representation of demographic groups in the political and admi..
STATES IN THE 21ST CENTURY
ABSTRACT. The majority of states in the world today can be classified as weak, failing, or failed. These fragile states are unable to control their territory, maintain a monopoly over the use of force, or perform core functions for their citizens. Often they are also plagued by excessive corruption...
DIGITAL TECHNOLOGIES IN THE AGE OF YOUTUBE: ELECTRONIC TEXTUALITIES, THE VIRTUAL REVOLUTION AND THE DEMOCRATIZATION OF KNOWLEDGE
ABSTRACT. This paper discusses the fundamental changes of the current shift from print to digital technologies, from an industrial one-way broadcast media regime to the radical interactivity of social media and user-generated creativity. It initially focuses on the work of Chartier, Bolter and Manov..