VOLUME 1(2) • 2009
INTERNAL CONTROL DEFICIENCY (ICD) DISCLOSURES PRIOR TO MANDATED INTERNAL CONTROL AUDITS
ABSTRACT. Gong et al. maintain that there exist countervailing forces that may motivate managers of cross-listed firms to exert effort to detect and truthfully report existing ICDs. Ashbaugh-Skaife et al. document the determinants of ICDs for a broad cross-section of SEC registrants during a regulat..
CYBERNETIC CAPITALISM, INFORMATIONALISM AND COGNITIVE LABOR
ABSTRACT: This paper provides a synoptic view of ‘cybernetic capitalism’ – a term that attempts to capture the leading sector developments within modern capitalism and to profile the leading accounts of these developments. ‘Cybernetic capitalism’ is a term used in this paper in order to distinguish ..
THE FUTURE OF HUMANITY
Abstract. The future of humanity is often viewed as a topic for idle speculation. Yet our beliefs and assumptions on this subject matter shape decisions in both our personal lives and public policy – decisions that have very real and sometimes unfortunate consequences. It is therefore practically im..
FORGET THE TRANSNATIONAL STATE
ABSTRACT. This paper offers a critique of the ideas of the “transnational capitalist class” and “transnational state” advanced by William Robinson. It argues that the concepts and their theoretical underpinning are fundamentally flawed, and therefore that the idea of the “transnational state” should..
GLOBAL CAPITALISM, SOCIAL SCIENCE, AND METHODS OF CRITIQUE • RESPONSE TO CAMMACK’S “FORGET THE TRANSNATIONAL STATE”
ABSTRACT. The theory of global capitalism that I have advanced over the past decade suggests that it is necessary to rethink the spatiality of capital in the new epoch, including the changing relations between transnationalizing capital, national territories, class relations and political authority...
EUROPEAN INITIATIVES AND THE EASTERN PARTNERSHIP
ABSTRACT. Zachmann and Giucci observe that the Eastern Partnership emerged from the European Neighbourhood Policy that formed the framework for the EU external policy towards most of its neighbouring countries since 2004. Valasek argues that the EU governments should take steps to ensure that the Un..
THE GEOPOLITICS OF CHURCH
ABSTRACT. Morris et al. claim that, in an increasingly pluralized society, the gap between form and reality has become unacceptably stretched, and examine what are the options for change, including to the religious character of the monarchy. Dittmer and Spears focus on how specific geographies are c..
UNDERSTANDING POLITICAL ACTORS’ PERCEPTIONS OF PUBLIC OPINION
ABSTRACT. According to Rounce, we have a limited understanding of how political actors involved in particular policy areas view, are affected by, and utilize public opinion. Semetko claims that studies of public opinion and political action are at an interdisciplinary crossroads. Cohen et al. write ..
ANALYZING THE TRANSFORMATION OF JOURNALISM FROM AN ANALOG TO A DIGITAL MEDIA SYSTEM
ABSTRACT. As Flichy puts it, technological imagination is a key component of the development of technology. Jankowski sketches three historical periods when the relation between community and media has been central. Pavlik examines the impact of new media on news content. Garrison insists that some ..
THE GEOPOLITICS OF RELIGION AND ETHNICITY
ABSTRACT. According to Ollapally, in South Asia geopolitics has to be seen as influencing and creating deeper social and political structures and orientations within states. By world order, Volgy et al. are referring to patterns of relationships over time that are structured by mechanisms ..
INSTITUTIONAL REFORM IN THE EUROPEAN UNION
ABSTRACT. Baldwin claims that deep economic integration in Europe reduced the effectiveness of unilateral economic policy making and members reacted by embracing deeper international cooperation. Peshkopia and Imami analyze EU membership conditionality at a meso-level, focusing on its sect..
HOW DOES THE STRUCTURE OF FINANCIAL FLOWS AFFECT THE STABILITY OF THE BANKING SYSTEM?
ABSTRACT. Rochet constructs a model of the payment flows that allows him to capture in a simple fashion the propagation of financial crises in an environment where both liquidity shocks and solvency shocks affect financial intermediaries that fund long-term investments with demand deposits. Forbes m..