VOLUME 1(2) • 2009
THE EASTERN ETHOS OF RELIGION
ABSTRACT. Muray contends that the nations of Central and Eastern Europe have alternately been pawns in geopolitical struggles. Tomka maintains that the reference to God provides a firm center for identity which is strong enough to integrate the multitude of partial identities as shaped in ..
THE FUTURE OF JOURNALISM
ABSTRACT. Pavlik asserts that the space and time limitations of analog print and broadcast media have foreshortened the news. Salwen writes that in most cases online news sites operated by print and broadcast news outlets have not made full and responsible use of their sites. Hachten puts it that th..
THE ROLE OF THE NEWS MEDIA IN CONNECTION WITH GLOBAL TERRORISM
ABSTRACT. Gadarian maintains that the news media instill fear in the public by focusing on terrorism and continually highlighting the most threatening aspects of the War on Terror. Comer et al. claim that terrorists seek to communicate threat to the widest possible audience, and examine proximal and..
THE DECONSTRUCTION OF THE MODERN STATE AND THE FORMATION OF GOVERNMENT NETWORKS
ABSTRACT. Fearon writes that the incentive effects of imposing partitions on weak states apply to relations between insurgents and governments, and to relations among states. Cooper points out that what happened in 1989 was not just the end of the Cold War, but also the end of the balance-of-power s..
THE RISE OF GLOBAL POLICY NETWORKS
ABSTRACT. Grant and Barysch maintain that the strengthening of multilateral rules and institutions should be a priority for the strategic dialogue and an overarching objective of the partnership. As Bava puts it, the challenge is the transformation of the economy, coupled with improved human resourc..
THE EFFECT OF INSTITUTIONAL THICKENING ON GLOBAL GOVERNANCE OUTCOMES
Abstract. Slaughter notices that government networks that were constituted as mechanisms of global governance could acknowledge the power of discussion and argument in helping generate high-quality solutions to complex problems. Hettne posits that governance can be exercised by state or public secto..
THE IMPORTANCE OF SOCIAL AND INSTITUTIONAL FACTORS FOR FACILITATING AND ACHIEVING SUSTAINABLE AGRICULTURE
ABSTRACT. Boulanger and Messerlin argue that more international trade is essential for an increase in the global resilience of agriculture and that better targeting of public and private policies is critical. On Karami and Keshavarz’s reading, sustainability, climate change, and replacing fossil fu..
SHAPING A NEW WORLD ORDER
ABSTRACT. Slaughter catalogues the more specific ways in which government networks respond to global problems and could do so even more creatively and effectively in the future. Grant and Barysch hold that the EU will follow the US in using more “antisubsidy” tariffs to keep out Chinese go..