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Reconstructing Self-Determination: The Role Of Critical Theory In The Positivist International Law Paradigm, Ediberto Román

Faculty Publications

This article (or conference transcription) discuses the role that critical race theory may have on what, will be called, self-determination movements. It commences with the introduction of four speakers Taygab Muhmud, Seigfried Weissner, Julie Mertus and Donna Coker, discussing various forms of self-determination movements of indigenous people, the neocolonial plight of the people of South Asia and a comparative analysis of Eastern Europeans. The article then undertakes an innovative critical analysis of the acceptance of the liberal international law doctrine of self-determination. In particular, it will critique the purportedly universal norm of self-determination in order to expose and explain its …

The Peace Corps: From Enthusiasm To Disciplined Idealism, Seth P. Tillman

Other Documents

This a Peace Corps faculty paper, no.5, written by a Dr. Seth Tillman who was at the time a staff consultant, Senate Committee on Foreign Relations, and Lecturer in European Diplomacy at the School of Advanced International Studies of the Johns Hopkins University. The paper is the edited observations and diary entries. -- [2]

"The Senate Committee on Foreign Relations, which I serve as staff consultant, sent me on extended visits to Peace Corps operations in Latin America in December 1966, and, in December 1968, to South Asia and the Near East. The Volunteers were always quite understanding of my …

Peace Corps Factbook & Directory, Peace Corps (U.S.)

Peace Corps Factbooks and Directories

This document is a combination factbook and directory about the Peace Corps in 1968. This document begins with an explanation of what the Peace Corps is, what is expected of volunteers, and what the application and training processes look like. The document then goes on to a directory covering the possible jobs, programs, and duties a volunteer may encounter in the four regions - Africa, Latin America, North Africa/Near East/South Asia, and East Asia/Pacific - of Peace Corps services. These listings, subject to change, were accurate up through the summer of 1969. After this directory of programs, there is information …

Peace Corps Factbook & Directory, Peace Corps (U.S.)

Peace Corps Factbooks and Directories

This document is a combination factbook and directory about the Peace Corps in 1967. This document begins with an explanation of what the Peace Corps is, what is expected of volunteers, and its growth at the time. Fifty-two countries are listed overall with and are divided into four regions - Africa, Latin America, North Africa/Near East/South Asia, and East Asia/Pacific. These four major regions have some introductory paragraphs accompanied by a map that identifies the countries' locations. The countries are sorted under different headings for whatever the primary volunteer duties could be - education, health, cooperatives, etc. Each country has …