VOLUME 5(1) • 2013
STATE RESPONSIBILITY IN INTERNATIONAL LAW
ABSTRACT. The theory that I shall seek to elaborate here puts considerable emphasis on law responsibility of states for internationally wrongful acts, the implementation of the international responsibility of a state, and the issue of state responsibility for cyber attacks in international law. The ..
DECONSTRUCTING POLITICAL ADVERTISING: THE COGNITIVE PROCESSES UNDERLYING VOTING BEHAVIOR
ABSTRACT. This paper discusses the major trends in scholarship about the relationship between the advertising content and vote choice, the role of cognition or affect in advertising persuasion, the political consequences of electoral politics in the contemporary American setting, and the effects of ..
THE EVOLVING EUROPEAN CONTEXT FOR REGIONAL DEVELOPMENT AND SPATIAL PLANNING
ABSTRACT. This paper aims to analyze and discuss the formula-driven mechanisms for allocating EU Cohesion Policy resources between Member States and regions, the EU’s management of migration, the international comparability of the regions in the individual Member States, and the rationality of admin..
ON THE GRAVITY OF THE OFFENCE IN INTERNATIONAL CRIMINAL LAW
ABSTRACT. This research makes conceptual and methodological contributions to judges’ reluctance to severely sentence convicted offenders, the ICC’s emphasis on gravity, the principle of legality in international law, and the character and content of nulla poena sine lege in international criminal ju..
THE INTERPLAY BETWEEN AESTHETICS, SILK, AND TRADE
ABSTRACT. Considerable research attention has focused on truly ancient symbols of the Silk Road, the persistence of traditional raw silk production in China, the viability of hand-reeled silk, and the evolution of the silk industries. The material gathered in this study provides a rich and diverse c..
THE IMPACT OF POLITICAL ADVERTISING ON INDIVIDUAL VOTE CHOICE
ABSTRACT. The mainstay of the paper is formed by an analysis of the impact of advertising on voter choice, the expressive value of voting, voting as a fundamentally social behavior, and the relationship between voters and women candidates. The theory that I shall seek to elaborate here puts consider..
INSTITUTIONS, SEMIOTICS AND THE POLITICS OF SUBJECTIVITY
ABSTRACT. This paper profiles the work of Félix Guattari as a leading thinker who has consistently throughout his lifetime focused on the question of subjectivity, examining its production especially in its collective forms and experimenting with approaches designed to enhance its value in the clini..
FROM LISBON TO BARCELONA – ALL THE FORGOTTEN EU INSTRUMENTS
ABSTRACT. There is a claim currently circulating the EU, both cynical and misleading: ‘multiculturalism is dead in Europe’. No wonder, as the conglomerate of nation-states/EU has silently handed over one of its most important debates – that of European identity – to the wing-parties, recently follow..
ONLY BY DROPPING THE “ONE-SIZE-FITS-ALL” – EURO CAN EUROPE REMAIN COMPETITIVE
ABSTRACT. The author, once a strong supporter of the Euro, rather than just criticize the current policy, shows an alternative. He believes that it is in the best interest of the countries in South and those in the North, for Germany, The Netherlands, Finland and Austria to leave the “one-size-fits-..
GLOBAL RISK FROM TRADE WARS: TIME TO RETURN TO WTO
ABSTRACT. The WTO Doha Round of negotiations is deadlocked and adrift amid increasing global protectionism. The profusion of bilateral and plurilateral free trade agreements is adding to the confusion. A global solution is necessary for global problems. pp. 39–43 Keywords: WTO, trade, mercantilism,..
A SHORT HISTORY OF BUSINESS AND ENTREPRENEURIAL EVOLUTION DURING THE 20TH CENTURY: TRENDS FOR THE NEW MILLENNIUM
ABSTRACT. This paper presents an historical narrative about the role business and entrepreneurship has played in global development. It starts off with some of the key legacies of the 19th century and describes events through the 20th century in chronological order up until the first decade of this ..
FOCUSING ON MENACING MIDDLE EAST GEOPOLITICAL ENVIRONMENTS, ENDANGERING SECURITY AND STABILITY OF WESTERN BALKAN
ABSTRACT. Simmering conflicts and instability always pose a challenge as well as threat to the neighbors who are relatively prosperous. In the article, I have argued, in relevance to the title, that brimming instability affords a very ripe platform for the transnational actors in Middle East (ME) to..