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The Liberal Ideology Of Oppenheimer, Ronald W. Cox
The Liberal Ideology Of Oppenheimer, Ronald W. Cox
Class, Race and Corporate Power
The Oppenheimer film centers its narrative too closely to the great man myth of history. As a result, powerful themes such as the politics, economics and morality of the U.S. decision to use two atomic bombs in World War II are diluted by a rigid focus on a singular personality.
Law Library Blog (September 2020): Legal Beagle's Blog Archive, Roger Williams University School Of Law
Law Library Blog (September 2020): Legal Beagle's Blog Archive, Roger Williams University School Of Law
Law Library Newsletters/Blog
No abstract provided.
Book Review: To Swim With Crocodiles: Land, Violence, And Belonging In South Africa, 1800-1996 By Jill E. Kelly. East Lansing, Mi: Michigan State University Press, 2018, Pp. 396. $49.95 (Pbk)., Robin L. Turner
Scholarship and Professional Work - LAS
This is a Review of To Swim with Crocodiles: land, violence, and belonging in South Africa, 1800–1996 by Jill E. Kelly. East Lansing, MI: Michigan State University Press, 2018. Pp. 396. $49.95 (pbk). Originally published in The Journal of Modern African Studies.
Assertion And Repetition: A Review Of Gareth Stedman Jones, "Karl Marx: Greatness And Illusion” (Harvard University Press, 2016), Daniel Skidmore-Hess
Assertion And Repetition: A Review Of Gareth Stedman Jones, "Karl Marx: Greatness And Illusion” (Harvard University Press, 2016), Daniel Skidmore-Hess
Class, Race and Corporate Power
A review of Gareth Stedman Jones, "Karl Marx: Greatness and Illusion” published by Harvard University Press, 2016.
Secrecy, Democracy And War: A Review, Brian Martin
Secrecy, Democracy And War: A Review, Brian Martin
Secrecy and Society
No abstract provided.
The Corporatization Of Higher Education, Ronald W. Cox
The Corporatization Of Higher Education, Ronald W. Cox
Class, Race and Corporate Power
This essay reviews recent books and articles that examine the politics and economics of the restructuring of public universities in the United States. The author weaves the arguments together to point to several prominent trends: increased corporatization of university governance and increased dependence on the market for resources previously provided by the state, reduction of full-time faculty in favor of instructors and adjuncts, dramatic growth of administrative personnel, and mounting student debt. The history of these developments is explored by examining the roots of the political attacks on the public university.
Crises In European Integration: Challenges And Responses, 1945-2005, Simon Serfaty
Crises In European Integration: Challenges And Responses, 1945-2005, Simon Serfaty
Political Science & Geography Faculty Publications
The theme of this short collection of essays is stated early and plainly: “In the end, crises have strengthened European integration” (p. 3), and “There has never been more European integration than in the context or aftermath of crisis” (p. 6). These statements are true but are hardly new. The same point has been made by many in the past. This is perhaps why the process “causes both fascination and frustration” (p. 79), resulting in too much crisis talk that, Jurgen Elvert notes, is “inspired by staunch euro-skeptics to back up their respective points of view” (p. 53). “Of all …
Elizabeth M. Bucar: Creative Conformity: The Feminist Politics Of U.S. Catholic And Iranian Shi’I Women, Daniel Cowdin
Elizabeth M. Bucar: Creative Conformity: The Feminist Politics Of U.S. Catholic And Iranian Shi’I Women, Daniel Cowdin
Journal of Interdisciplinary Feminist Thought
No abstract provided.
All Politics Are Suboptimal, Todd Landman
All Politics Are Suboptimal, Todd Landman
Human Rights & Human Welfare
Despite its intentions and founding principles, the United Nations is fundamentally a political organization and therefore subject to the machinations of states as they seek to maximize their self interest, protect their reputations, and advance their power. The UN Security Council itself is a product of World War II and reflects a settlement from the end of the war that many perceive as highly inappropriate to the balance of power and global realities of the world today.
Overcoming History And Human Rights At The Un, Sonia Cardenas
Overcoming History And Human Rights At The Un, Sonia Cardenas
Human Rights & Human Welfare
Criticism is most useful when it imagines viable alternatives. This is why the most recent wave of outrage over the elections to the UN Human Rights Council seems counter-productive. Yes, egregious human rights violators have been elected to the Council. Yes, Iran was kept off the Council in exchange for a seat on the women’s rights commission . And, yes, the elections were uncontested, with regional blocs putting forth the same number of candidates as vacancies. These facts have led observers to describe the body as a farce, as all pretense, and to decry US participation in the Council.
July Roundtable: The Un And Human Rights Introduction
July Roundtable: The Un And Human Rights Introduction
Human Rights & Human Welfare
An annotation of:
“Another human-rights irony at the U.N.” by Anne Applebaum. The Washington Post. May 4, 2010.
and
“UN elects rights violators to Human Rights Council” by Edith M. Lederer. Associated Press. May 13, 2010.
Perpetrators In Their Midst, David Akerson
Perpetrators In Their Midst, David Akerson
Human Rights & Human Welfare
The two articles, “Another Human-Rights Irony at the U.N.” by Anne Applebaum and “UN Elects Rights Violators to Human Rights Council” by Edith Lederer, both set forth the problems encountered by the UN Human Rights Council and its predecessor, the Human Rights Commission. Namely, that member states with notorious human rights records will exploit the Council to their political advantage. As Applebaum points out in her article, “authoritarian regimes have long battled to join the council...the better to prevent any outsiders from investigating their own governments.”
Human Rights Abusers, The Human Rights Council, And The Un, James Pattison
Human Rights Abusers, The Human Rights Council, And The Un, James Pattison
Human Rights & Human Welfare
The predecessor to the Human Rights Council, the Commission on Human Rights, had several notable failings. These included double standards in the selection of which states were to be subject to scrutiny, membership of the Commission by states notable for their egregious human rights records, and the shielding of the P5 members of the Security Council and their allies from criticism. The Human Rights Council, it was hoped, would avoid these flaws and, in doing so, push human rights further up the UN agenda. For instance, the General Assembly Resolution A/RES/60/251, which set up the Council, claimed that the Council’s …
David E. Guinn On A Dictionary Of Human Rights (2nd Edition) By David Robertson. London, England: Europa Publications, 2004. 346pp., David E. Guinn
David E. Guinn On A Dictionary Of Human Rights (2nd Edition) By David Robertson. London, England: Europa Publications, 2004. 346pp., David E. Guinn
Human Rights & Human Welfare
A review of:
A Dictionary of Human Rights (2nd Edition) by David Robertson. London, England: Europa Publications, 2004. 346pp.
American Exceptionalism And Us Foreign Policy: Public Diplomacy At The End Of The Cold War, Steve Yetiv
American Exceptionalism And Us Foreign Policy: Public Diplomacy At The End Of The Cold War, Steve Yetiv
Political Science & Geography Faculty Publications
This book offers an interesting foray into an important and timely subject. The author explores chiefly how American leaders have used the idea of American exceptionalism to realize foreign and domestic goals, including building support for government policies. But the work also deals more broadly with rhetoric and its meaning in American public diplomacy and foreign policy.
Conflict And War In The Middle-East, 1967-1991: Regional Dynamic And The Superpowers, Steve Yetiv
Conflict And War In The Middle-East, 1967-1991: Regional Dynamic And The Superpowers, Steve Yetiv
Political Science & Geography Faculty Publications
The two books under review here take substantially different approaches to Middle East politics. 'the first book attempts to examine the region by use of theory as well as empirics, whereas the second is primarily empirical in nature. The latter explains Middle East politics primarily from the regional perspective, and in particular, from Iran's vantage point, whereas the former places regional politics within the broader context of world politics.
Reconstruction And Regional Diplomacy In The Persian Gulf, Steve Yetiv
Reconstruction And Regional Diplomacy In The Persian Gulf, Steve Yetiv
Political Science & Geography Faculty Publications
The two books under review here take substantially different approaches to Middle East politics. 'the first book attempts to examine the region by use of theory as well as empirics, whereas the second is primarily empirical in nature. The latter explains Middle East politics primarily from the regional perspective, and in particular, from Iran's vantage point, whereas the former places regional politics within the broader context of world politics.