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Interview With Howard Sherman In Democratic Left, Howard J. Sherman, Solveig Wilder Sep 2000

Interview With Howard Sherman In Democratic Left, Howard J. Sherman, Solveig Wilder

HOWARD J SHERMAN

Interview with Howard Sherman on Democratic Socialism, based on his book Reinventing Marxism. Interviewer Solveig Wilder comments: "If you're like me, you read a great deal searching for theories that you can apply to your activism. I recently discovered a book called, Reinventing Marxism, which succinctly covers so many of the questions that I've grappled with about Democratic Socialism. Author and DSA member Howard Sherman agreed to give me an interview so that other DSAers could find out about this useful resource."


Beyond 'Identity', Rogers Brubaker, Frederick Cooper Dec 1999

Beyond 'Identity', Rogers Brubaker, Frederick Cooper

Rogers Brubaker

No abstract provided.


The "Natasha" Trade: The Transnational Shadow Market Of Trafficking In Women, Donna M. Hughes Dr. Dec 1999

The "Natasha" Trade: The Transnational Shadow Market Of Trafficking In Women, Donna M. Hughes Dr.

Donna M. Hughes

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Writing Public Philosophy: Canada's Royal Commissions On Everything, Neil Bradford Dec 1999

Writing Public Philosophy: Canada's Royal Commissions On Everything, Neil Bradford

Neil Bradford

This article explores the contributions to Canadian policy development and policy thought of three royal commissions of political-economic inquiry: the 1940 Royal Commission on Dominion-Provincial Relations; the 1958 Royal Commission on Canada's Economic Prospects; and the 1985 Royal Commission on the Economic Union and Development Prospects for Canada. Each commission is examined through tree areas of concern: The context for its appointment, the content of its report and the nature of its subsequent influence.


Germany: Extremism Without Successful Parties, Cas Mudde Dec 1999

Germany: Extremism Without Successful Parties, Cas Mudde

Cas Mudde

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Poetics Of Security, Costas M. Constantinou Dec 1999

Poetics Of Security, Costas M. Constantinou

Costas M. Constantinou

On October 23, 1983, at around 6:20 A.M., there was a suicide attack against the U.S. Marine
battalion in Beirut. A lorry-van loaded with an estimated four thousand pounds of explosives was
driven and exploded inside the military headquarters, killing 260 American marines and resulting in
the withdrawal of the multinational force from Lebanon. Islamic Jihad claimed responsibility for the
attack. Later, it was revealed that a security camera had captured the truck crashing through the
perimeter fence into the entrance lobby. After routine technical treatment, the experts managed to
recover, and subsequently released to the media, the face of …


Diplomacy, Grotesque Realism And Ottoman Historiography, Costas M. Constantinou Dec 1999

Diplomacy, Grotesque Realism And Ottoman Historiography, Costas M. Constantinou

Costas M. Constantinou

In Chapter III of her mock-biography Orlando, Virginia Woolf comes to narrate
in some detail the grotesque character of diplomacy.


Piac És Igazságosság? (Market And Justice?), Attila Tanyi Dec 1999

Piac És Igazságosság? (Market And Justice?), Attila Tanyi

Attila Tanyi

The aim of the book is to uncover the relation between market and justice through the critical examination of the work of Friedrich Hayek. The book argues for the following thesis: the institution of free market is not the only candidate social system; substantial, not merely formal distributive justice must become the central virtue of our social institutions. Notwithstanding its achievements and virtues, the Hayekian theory makes a simple mistake by equivocating possible social systems, dividing them into two groups. One is the world of liberty and free market where people follow the general and abstract rules of conduct, accepting …


An International Law Institution In Crisis: Rethinking Permanent Neutrality, Brian Havel Dec 1999

An International Law Institution In Crisis: Rethinking Permanent Neutrality, Brian Havel

Brian Havel

No abstract provided.