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Transitional Justice: Prioritizing Truth Commissions Or International Tribunals To Ensure Healing And Reconciliation, Jlateh Vincent Jappah, Danielle Taana Smith

Journal of International and Global Studies

There is a recent increased examination of the effects of international funding for truth commissions and criminal tribunals in post-conflict societies as they transition to peace. The discourse on whether to prioritize truth commissions or international criminal tribunals and which form of transitional justice more effectively fosters healing and reconciliation continues to be highly polemical. This paper explores whether, in terms of post-conflict healing and reconciliation, international funding would be better spent on truth commissions than on international criminal tribunals or vice versa. It examines the complexities and heterogeneity of transitional societies and suggests that international funding for transitional justice …

Developing Paradise: Tourism, The Local Community, And Nature In Las Terrenas, Dominican Republic, John Ripton Ph.D.

Journal of International and Global Studies

Las Terrenas, a town in the Samanà province of the Dominican Republic, has experienced phenomenal growth of its tourist industry. Electricity only arrived in Las Terrenas in the late 1990s, yet today, more than 70 hotels and other establishments offer thousands of rooms in tourist accommodations. In little more than two decades, the population of Las Terrenas has mushroomed from a few hundred to nearly 20,000. While the forces of commercial development integrate Las Terrenas into the global economy, its municipal infrastructure simply has not kept pace. The national government finances the construction of roads and other projects to promote …

Transnational Policy Networks In Global Water Governance In India, Vandana Asthana Ph.D.

Journal of International and Global Studies

This paper argues that in the processes of global water governance, transnational policy networks play a significant role in defining spaces of engagement that privilege certain voices and versions. These networks produce narratives that not only convey storylines of sustainable water practices but also often have embedded within them the advocacy of a particular policy instrument that they intend to promote. What appears as knowledge is often structured towards the goal at which it is directed. Using application of private sector participation in water as an example from India, the paper explores how these power/knowledge regimes are established and supported …

Taiwan: Introspecting On A Democracy At An Existential Crossroad, Raviprasad Narayanan

Journal of International and Global Studies

Book review on:

• Dafydd Fell. Government and Politics in Taiwan. Abingdon: Routledge. 2012.
• Jean-Marc.F. Blanchard & Hickey, Dennis, V. (Eds.). New Thinking about the Taiwan Issue – Theoretical insights into its origins, dynamics and prospects. New York: Routledge. 2012.

Joy Hendry. Understanding Japanese Society, 4th Edition. New York: Routledge, 2013., Ilana Maymind Ph.D.

Journal of International and Global Studies

Book review.

Zheng Wang. Never Forget National Humiliation: Historical Memory In Chinese Politics And Foreign Relations. New York: Columbia University Press, 2012, Torsten Weber

Journal of International and Global Studies

Book review.

Xiaowei Zang. Islam, Family Life, And Gender Inequality In Urban China. London/ New York: Routledge, 2012., Vanessa Frangville Ph.D.

Journal of International and Global Studies

Book review.

Chad Haines. Nation, Territory And Globalisation In Pakistan: Traversing The Margins. New York: Routledge, 2012., Utathya Chattopadhyaya

Journal of International and Global Studies

Book review.

Timothy De Waal Malefyt And Robert J. Morais. Advertising And Anthropology: Ethnographic Practice And Cultural Perspectives. New York: Berg, 2012., John Mccreery Ph.D.

Journal of International and Global Studies

Book review.

Berenschot, Ward. Riot Politics: Hindu-Muslim Violence And The Indian State. New York: Columbia University Press, 2011., Daniel Jasper

Journal of International and Global Studies

Book review

Agenda: Free, Prior And Informed Consent: Pathways For A New Millennium, University Of Colorado Boulder. Getches-Wilkinson Center For Natural Resources, Energy, And The Environment, University Of Colorado Boulder. School Of Law. American Indian Law Program

Free, Prior and Informed Consent: Pathways for a New Millennium (November 1)

Presented by the University of Colorado's American Indian Law Program and the Getches-Wilkinson Center for Natural Resources, Energy & the Environment.

The United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples (UNDRIP), along with treaties, instruments, and decisions of international law, recognizes that indigenous peoples have the right to give "free, prior, and informed consent" to legislation and development affecting their lands, natural resources, and other interests, and to receive remedies for losses of property taken without such consent. With approximately 150 nations, including the United States, endorsing the UNDRIP, this requirement gives rise to emerging standards, obligations, and opportunities …

Indigenous Peoples’ Right Of Free Prior Informed Consent With Respect To Indigenous Lands, Territories And Resources (United Nations Workshop, 17-19 January 2005), Indian Law Resource Center

Free, Prior and Informed Consent: Pathways for a New Millennium (November 1)

3 pages.

U.N. Doc PFII/2004/WS.2/6

Principles Of International Law For Multilateral Development Banks: The Obligation To Respect Human Rights, Robert T. Coulter, Leonardo A. Crippa, Emily Wann

Free, Prior and Informed Consent: Pathways for a New Millennium (November 1)

41 pages.

"January, 2009"

www.indianlaw.org

Indigenous Peoples’ Right Of Free Prior Informed Consent With Respect To Indigenous Lands, Territories And Resources (June 28, 2010), Indian Law Resource Center

Free, Prior and Informed Consent: Pathways for a New Millennium (November 1)

3 pages.

"June 28, 2010"

Free, Prior And Informed Consent: Ilo 169 And Undrip, Kelsey Peterson

Free, Prior and Informed Consent: Pathways for a New Millennium (November 1)

2 pages.

"Kelsey Peterson, American Indian Law Program Fellow, University of Colorado Law School Class of 2015"

Political Participation Of The Indian Diaspora In The Usa, Vinod Janardhanan

Journal of International and Global Studies

This essay aims to foreground the types and patterns of political participation of Asian Indians in the US and the change and continuity thereof since migration of the community began in significant numbers in the 20th century. It shows how immigration reforms and citizenship laws prevented the community, for over half a century (until at least 1965), from achieving a demographic critical mass, which is a crucial factor in becoming an effective player in the political system of the US, and the community’s reaction to these restrictions. Surveying the political participation of Indian Americans since the years prior to India’s …

Transnational And Global Processes In Modern Chinese History, Karen Teoh

Journal of International and Global Studies

Book review on:

• Prasenjit Duara. The Global and Regional in China’s Nation Formation. Oxon and New York: Routledge, 2009.
• Bryna Goodman and David S. G. Goodman, eds. Twentieth-century Colonialism and China: Localities, the Everyday, and the World. London and New York: Routledge, 2012.

Leakthina Chau-Pech Ollier And Tim Winter (Eds.) Expressions Of Cambodia: The Politics Of Tradition, Identity And Change. New York: Routledge, 2012., Joann Digeorgio-Lutz Ph.D.

Journal of International and Global Studies

Book review.

Sally N. Cummings. Understanding Central Asia: Politics And Contested Transformations. New York: Routledge, 2012., Emilian Kavalski Ph.D.

Journal of International and Global Studies

Book review.

Peter J. Katzenstein, (Ed.) Sinicization And The Rise Of China: Civilizational Processes Beyond East And West. New York: Routledge, 2012., Christa Adams

Journal of International and Global Studies

Book review.

Mingjiang Li. Mao’S China And The Sino-Soviet Split: Ideological Dilemma. New York: Routledge, 2012., Barry Mccarron

Journal of International and Global Studies

Book review.

Antonio Giustozzi. The Art Of Coercion: The Primitive Accumulation And Management Of Coercive Power. New York: Columbia University Press, 2011., Dale Walton Ph.D.

Journal of International and Global Studies

Book review.

Elisabeth Croll. Feminism And Socialism In China. London, Henley, And Boston: New York: Routledge, 2011., Lin Jiao

Journal of International and Global Studies

Book review.

Robert Boyer, Hiroyasu Uemura, And Akinori Isogai (Eds.) Diversity And Transformations Of Asian Capitalisms. London And New York: Routledge. 2012., Kate Barclay Ph.D.

Journal of International and Global Studies

Book review.

Morgan, J.W. & Wu, B. Higher Education Reform In China: Beyond The Expansion. New York: Routledge Press, 2011., Ryan Guffey Ph.D.

Journal of International and Global Studies

Book review.

Evidence From Flaws: Hellenistic Ceramic Production At Podere Funghi (Vicchio Di Mugello), Robert E. Vander Poppen

Faculty Publications

From 1996–2006, excavators of the Mugello Valley Archaeological Project documented two important contexts for understanding Hellenistic period ceramic production at Podere Funghi near the sanctuary at Poggio Colla: a kiln-waster midden, and a series of kilns located in the vicinity of a small residential structure. This article consists of the results of a visual and metric examination of the fineware material from the midden. The examination assessed the nature and prevalence of specific firing flaws associated with the productive process, and the data derived from this study are used to reconstruct some of the technical challenges faced by the Podere …

Little Miss Bird-In-Hand, Annie Bilancini

Booth

The girls of the Little Miss Bird-in-Hand County Pageant instantly understood that Contestant Twelve was different, though they could not be certain why. To begin with, her parents were different from theirs. They were older. They did not preen their daughter like tropical birds. When they dropped her off at the dressing room, they lingered with stiff limbs in the doorway as though their coats were stuffed with newspaper and straw. The girl waved at them and smiled, gently shooing them off. After a moment they turned away, two hunks of stale putty shuffling down the hall, leaving their daughter …

Teachers' Perception Of The English Language Curriculum In Libyan Public Schools: An Investigation And Assessment Of Implementation Process Of English Curriculum In Libyan Public High Schools, Salem Altaieb

Electronic Theses and Dissertations

With the advent of globalization and technological development, English has become a necessary tool of international communication in many areas such as education, business, politics, commerce, science, and technology throughout the world. Also, English has become the most widely taught foreign language in the world (Kachru &Nelson, 1996). Moreover, the issue of successful implementation of the English language curriculum has been the focus of a number of studies. In the case of Libya, however, little research has been conducted on teachers' perceptions of the new English language curriculum in Libyan high schools. Thus, teachers' voices have not been examined or …

Global Carbon-And-Conservation Models, Global Eco-States? Ecuador’S Yasuní-Itt Initiative And Governance Implications, Conny Davidsen Ph.D., Laura Kiff

Journal of International and Global Studies

The “global carbon age” marks a structural change far beyond the economic realms of implementing carbon trade, affecting the fabric of global environmental governance and its actors. Carbon trade and conservation in the Global South have taken on various forms, and climate change mitigation efforts in light of continued rainforest deforestation are scrambling to establish effective approaches. Ecuador’s Yasuní-ITT Initiative proposes a new global carbon-and-conservation model in the Ecuadorian Amazon that leaves oil reserves of the Yasuní Ishpingo Tambococha Tiputini (ITT) oil fields underground, in exchange for international compensation payments that would be based on voluntary contributions of governments and …

Astri Suhrke. When More Is Less: The International Project In Afghanistan. New York: Columbia University Press, 2011., Saroj Kumar Rath Ph.D.

Journal of International and Global Studies

Book review.