VOLUME 1(1) • 2009
THE GEOPOLITICS OF EUROPE’S BORDERS
ABSTRACT. Böröcz and Sarkar assert that the EU simply cannot qualify as a state as conceived by conventional definitions of statehood. Inthorn argues that there is no clear evidence to suggest that the citizens of Europe have adopted a European identity themselves to the extent that it becomes the m..
ACADEMIC FREEDOM AND FACULTY GOVERNANCE
ABSTRACT. According to Atkinson, academic freedom is concerned with protecting the conditions that lead to the creation of sound scholarship and good teaching. Tanner holds that forum analysis is inappropriate to the higher educational context. Chipman asserts that falling prices of storage and tran..
STATES AND THE EFFICACY OF POWER
ABSTRACT. Strange points out the reversal of the state-market balance of power: the state is undergoing a metamorphosis brought on by structural change in world society and economy. Kagan says that on the all-important question of power, the efficacy of power, the morality of power, the desirability..
GEOPOLITICS, POWER, AND GOVERNMENTALITY
ABSTRACT. According to Clark, globalization denotes movements in both the intensity and the extent of international interactions. Monbiot states that everything has been globalized except our consent: democracy alone has been confined to the nation state. Beck argues that the advent of globalization..
TOWARDS A SYSTEMATIC ACCOUNT OF AUDITING ETHICS
ABSTRACT. BCBS claims that external audits performed in accordance with high-quality globally accepted audit and ethics standards are critical to the appropriate implementation of accounting standards. Lenz maintains that an auditor is a rational economic agent: he or she will only comply with a Cod..
GLOBALIZATION, POLITICAL GEOGRAPHY, AND DETERRITORIALIZATION
ABSTRACT. On Albrow’s reading, the nation-state no longer contains the aspirations nor monopolizes the attention of those who live on its territory. Henrikson points out that global politics and local politics, though interlinked today by processes of globalization, remain separated by the phenomeno..
DEFENDING ACADEMIC FREEDOM
ABSTRACT. Barnes claims that defense of judicial independence and academic freedom is crucial for restoration of democratic processes. Bentley et al. maintain that institutional autonomy could empower the institutional bureaucrat to such an extent that the freedom of individual academics could be im..
RUSSIA AND THE EU IN CENTRAL ASIA – GEOPOLITICS OR PARTNERSHIP?
ABSTRACT. The new American government under Barack Obama has the opportunity to avoid geopolitical confrontations in Central Asia and seek a path leading to the constructive integration of Russia and other states in the Caspian region into the Afghan peace mission. The EU has long spoken out in favo..
THE DEATH OF ENVIRONMENTALISM • GLOBAL WARMING POLITICS IN A POST-ENVIRONMENTAL WORLD
ABSTRACT. “The Death of Environmentalism”, originally self-published by Michael Shellenberger and Ted Nordhaus in 2004, argues that environmentalism is unable to deal with climate change and should “die” so that a new paradigm can emerge that can. The essay draws on history, political philosophy, an..
AIMING A RIFLE AND MISSING MILLIONS: CAMPAIGN POLLING IN CONTEMPORARY POLITICS
ABSTRACT. Campaign polling is now ubiquitous in America and in other mature democracies. In the United States, this technique has accompanied and contributed to a more exclusive form of mass politics. Defined here as activation, this form narrowly targets limited portions of the mass public to becom..
CONSTITUTIONAL ANOMIE AND THE SEARCH FOR A NEW NARRATIVE
ABSTRACT. The question – ‘Where is the map?’ continues to encapsulate a broad range of concerns regarding the state and future of British democracy. The ongoing 'Governance of Britain' agenda has done little to disguise the poverty of purpose and aspirations that has surrounded New Labour in relatio..
STANDARDS OF POWER? TECHNOLOGY, INSTITUTIONS, AND POLITICS IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF CHINA’S NATIONAL STANDARDS STRATEGY
ABSTRACT. This paper examines both China’s growing interest in high-technology standards and its efforts to craft a national standards strategy, and identifies important implications for international cooperation with China on standards. China’s interest in promoting its own high-technology standard..