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The Roots And Consequences Of Euroskepticism: An Evaluation Of The United Kingdom Independence Party, John B. Sutcliffe
The Roots And Consequences Of Euroskepticism: An Evaluation Of The United Kingdom Independence Party, John B. Sutcliffe
Political Science Publications
This article examines the causes and consequences of Euroskepticism through a study of the United Kingdom Independence Party. Based on an analysis of UKIP's election campaigns, policies and performance, the article examines the roots of UKIP and its, potential, consequences for the British political system. The article argues that UKIP provides an example of Euroskepticism as the 'politics of opposition.' The party remains at the fringes of the political system and its leadership is prepared to use misrepresentation and populist rhetoric in an attempt to secure support. The party, nevertheless, cannot be completely dismissed as a marginal force. Its roots …
Idle Hands Are The Devil’S Tools: The Geopolitics And Geoeconomics Of Hunger, Jamey Essex
Idle Hands Are The Devil’S Tools: The Geopolitics And Geoeconomics Of Hunger, Jamey Essex
Political Science Publications
In current geopolitical and geoeconomic discourses, hunger is understood as both a threat to be contained, resulting in an often severe social and spatial localization of food insecurity, and a humanitarian problem to be solved through diffuse global flows of food and other aid. The resulting scalar tensions demonstrate the potentially contradictory alignment of geopolitics and geoeconomics within processes of globalization and neoliberalization. This article examines the geopolitical and geoeconomic place of hunger and the hungry through a critical analysis of the food-for-work (FFW) approach to combating hunger. FFW programs distribute food aid in exchange for labor, and have long …
The Politics Of Effectiveness In Canada’S International Development Assistance, Jamey Essex
The Politics Of Effectiveness In Canada’S International Development Assistance, Jamey Essex
Political Science Publications
Despite promoting innovations in multilateralism and aid, Canadian development assistance often operates in politically instrumental ways and has been criticized as wasteful and ineffective. Aid effectiveness has thus become a central rubric for programming and assessing aid at the Canadian International Development Agency (CIDA) and a primary means for reforming the global aid architecture. The meaning of effectiveness, however, is not straightforward; it refers variously to development progress, operational efficiency and political utility. This article examines CIDA’s effectiveness agenda, focusing on the 2009 Food Security Strategy and the geographic concentration of aid in countries of focus. It argues that this …