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Nuclear Proliferation And Authority In World Politics, Brian Frederking Ph.D., Kaitlyne Motl, Nishant Timilsina
Nuclear Proliferation And Authority In World Politics, Brian Frederking Ph.D., Kaitlyne Motl, Nishant Timilsina
Journal of International and Global Studies
We apply the “security-hierarchy paradox” to nuclear proliferation. Global security requires a certain amount of hierarchy. A world in which no nuclear proliferation rules exist to constrain states, for example, would not be secure. Global security requires legitimate and authoritative rules, which we define as rules that are mutually negotiated, binding to all and which provide a stable social order. Too much hierarchy, however, amounts to coercion and undermines global security. Rules that are not mutually negotiated, binding to all or do not provide a stable social order are not authoritative. We argue that North Korea and Iran have attempted …
The Cultural Effects Of The Narcoeconomy In Rural Mexico, James H. Mcdonald Ph.D.
The Cultural Effects Of The Narcoeconomy In Rural Mexico, James H. Mcdonald Ph.D.
Journal of International and Global Studies
This essay describes the cultural effects of drug trafficking on a town in rural Mexico. A variety of ethnographic scenes reveal the rapidly changing social imagination as new forms of consumption create new opportunities for identity formation. However, because these new consumer forms are expensive, and therefore inaccessible to the majority of community members, a type of cultural exclusion is at work. In this ordinary town, there are extraordinary forms of consumption: large, lavish houses; high-stakes gambling at local cockfights; a new urban-oriented consumer culture; and new farmer entrepreneurs. All were underwritten by narco-activities. These new forms of consumption challenge …
Planning For Internationalization By Investing In Faculty, Lisa K. Childress Ed.D.
Planning For Internationalization By Investing In Faculty, Lisa K. Childress Ed.D.
Journal of International and Global Studies
Over the last half century, major world events have prompted higher education institutions to develop internationalization plans. In order engage faculty in internationalization, higher education scholars and practitioners have recommended that internationalization plans include allocated resources, such as budgets for academic exchanges, faculty development workshops, and international curricular development and research grants (Olson, Green, & Hill, 2006; Paige, 2005; Siaya & Hayward, 2003). Yet, a frequently cited obstacle to faculty engagement in internationalization plans is lack of funding (Backman, 1984; Bond, 2003; Ellingboe, 1998; Green & Olson, 2003; Steers & Ungsen, 1992; Woolston, 1983). A cross-case analysis reveals that differential …
Population, Rural Development, And Land Use Among Settler Households In An Agricultural Frontier In Guatemala’S Maya Biosphere Reserve, David Carr Ph.D.
Population, Rural Development, And Land Use Among Settler Households In An Agricultural Frontier In Guatemala’S Maya Biosphere Reserve, David Carr Ph.D.
Journal of International and Global Studies
Guatemala was among the world’s leaders in deforestation during the 1990s at a rate of 2% per annum. Much of Guatemala’s recent forest loss has occurred in the emerging agricultural frontiers of the Maya Biosphere Reserve (MBR), the heart of the largest contiguous tropical forest in Central America—La Selva Maya. This paper presents data from 241 heads of households and 219 partners of household heads from a geographically stratified sample of eight (of 28) communities in the Sierra de Lacandón National Park (SLNP), the most ecologically biodiverse region in La Selva Maya and a core conservation zone of the MBR. …
Islam, Cultural Hybridity And Cosmopolitanism: New Muslim Intellectuals On Globalization, Carool Kersten Ph.D.
Islam, Cultural Hybridity And Cosmopolitanism: New Muslim Intellectuals On Globalization, Carool Kersten Ph.D.
Journal of International and Global Studies
This essay explores those Muslim discourses on the phenomenon of globalization which distinguish themselves by not succumbing to the antagonism guiding Huntington’s ‘clash of civilization’ thesis (1996) or Benjamin Barber’s account of ‘Jihad vs. McWorld’ (1995), either through the ‘blind imitation’(taqlid) characterising the unquestioned preservation of the classical Islamic heritage by traditionalist Muslims or through the atavistic return to the supposed pristine Islam of the ‘Pious Ancestors’ (salaf) of revivalist (fundamentalist) respondents. Combining an intimate familiarity with the heritage of Muslim civilization with a solid knowledge of recent achievements of the Western academe in the human sciences, the ‘new Muslim …
Nepal’S Civil War And Its Economic Costs, Gyan Pradhan Ph.D.
Nepal’S Civil War And Its Economic Costs, Gyan Pradhan Ph.D.
Journal of International and Global Studies
This paper estimates the macroeconomic effects of increased spending on defense and internal security necessitated by the decade-long Maoist insurgency in Nepal. An investment equation is specified to examine the relationship between defense spending and investment. The estimation results indicate that there is a significant negative effect of defense spending on investment. A simple Harrod-Domar growth relationship is used to estimate the effect of the increase in defense spending on economic growth. This analysis suggests that between 1996 and 2006, the opportunity cost of the conflict in terms of lost output has been about 3 percent of Nepal’s current GDP.
Anoush Ehteshami & Mahjoob Zweiri. Eds. Iran’S Foreign Policy From Khatami To Ahmadinejad. Reading, Berkshire, United Kingdom: Ithaca Press, 2008., Matthew K. Shannon Ph.D.
Anoush Ehteshami & Mahjoob Zweiri. Eds. Iran’S Foreign Policy From Khatami To Ahmadinejad. Reading, Berkshire, United Kingdom: Ithaca Press, 2008., Matthew K. Shannon Ph.D.
Journal of International and Global Studies
No abstract provided.
Gordon Baker (Editor). No Island Is An Island: The Impact Of Globalization On The Commonwealth Caribbean London: Royal Institute Of International Affairs, 2007., Jerome Teelucksingh Ph.D.
Gordon Baker (Editor). No Island Is An Island: The Impact Of Globalization On The Commonwealth Caribbean London: Royal Institute Of International Affairs, 2007., Jerome Teelucksingh Ph.D.
Journal of International and Global Studies
No abstract provided.
Lynn Schofield Clark (Editor). Religion, Media, And The Marketplace. Rutgers University Press, 2007., Myna German Ph.D.
Lynn Schofield Clark (Editor). Religion, Media, And The Marketplace. Rutgers University Press, 2007., Myna German Ph.D.
Journal of International and Global Studies
No abstract provided.
Grace M. Cho. Haunting The Korean Diaspora: Shame, Secrecy, And The Forgotten War. Minneapolis: University Of Minnesota Press, 2008., Keith Russell Ph.D.
Grace M. Cho. Haunting The Korean Diaspora: Shame, Secrecy, And The Forgotten War. Minneapolis: University Of Minnesota Press, 2008., Keith Russell Ph.D.
Journal of International and Global Studies
No abstract provided.
Fareed Zakaria, The Post-American World. New York And London: W. W. Norton & Company, 2008., Joseph Chinyong Liow Ph.D.
Fareed Zakaria, The Post-American World. New York And London: W. W. Norton & Company, 2008., Joseph Chinyong Liow Ph.D.
Journal of International and Global Studies
No abstract provided.
Tejaswini Niranjana. Mobilizing India: Women, Music And Migration Between India And Trinidad, North Carolina: Duke University Press, 2006., Jerome Teelucksingh Ph.D.
Tejaswini Niranjana. Mobilizing India: Women, Music And Migration Between India And Trinidad, North Carolina: Duke University Press, 2006., Jerome Teelucksingh Ph.D.
Journal of International and Global Studies
No abstract provided.
Jared Diamond. Collapse: How Societies Choose To Fail Or Succeed. New York, Ny: Viking Penguin, 2005., Robert Lawless
Jared Diamond. Collapse: How Societies Choose To Fail Or Succeed. New York, Ny: Viking Penguin, 2005., Robert Lawless
Journal of International and Global Studies
No abstract provided.
Duncan Mccargo. Tearing Apart The Land: Islam And Legitimacy In Southern Thailand. Ny, Ithaca: Cornell University Press, 2008., Saroja Dorairajoo
Duncan Mccargo. Tearing Apart The Land: Islam And Legitimacy In Southern Thailand. Ny, Ithaca: Cornell University Press, 2008., Saroja Dorairajoo
Journal of International and Global Studies
No abstract provided.