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Beyond The Federation Of Fear: Regional Responses To Undocumented Migration, R. Ferguson

R. James Ferguson

A compilation of many of the papers presented at the PIPSA conference on the theme Pacific Islands security : old challenges, new threats.

Islam And Democracy, Anthony Chase

Anthony Chase

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"Preface", Michael Budde

Michael Budde

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Conflicting Allegiances: The Church Based University Within A Liberal Democratic Society, Michael Budde

Michael Budde

Michael L. Budde and John Wright's (editors) Conflicting Allegiances: The Church-Based University in a Liberal Democratic Society is the result of a conference of Christian scholars held in March 2002 at Point Loma Nazarene University (CA). At the request of Point Loma professor John Wright, Christian scholars from various traditions, academic institutions, and disciplines met on the Point Loma campus to discuss the relationship the Church shares with Christian institutions of higher education. Several scholars who contributed essays to this volume are members of the Ekklesia Project-a group seeking to invite "all Christians and churches to reclaim their vocation to …

Petropolitics, Us Obstructionism, And Trade, Sherrie Steiner

Sherrie M Steiner

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"Selling America, Restricting The Church", Michael Budde

Michael Budde

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"Assessing What Doesn't Exist: Reflections On The Impact Of An Ecclesially Based University", Michael Budde

Michael Budde

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"God Is Not A Capitalist", Michael Budde

Michael Budde

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China Debates Missile Defence, Kori Urayama

Kori Urayama

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International Confucian Conference In Commemoration Of The 2550th Anniversary Of Confucius' Birthday: Toward A Global Community, R. Ferguson, Martin Lu, Rosita Dellios

R. James Ferguson

Selected essays presented at the International Confucian conference in commemoration of the 2550th anniversary of Confucius' birthday. Beijing and Qufu, 7-13 October 1999.

Transfer Agents And Global Networks In The ‘Transnationalisation’ Of Policy, Diane L. Stone

Diane L Stone

This paper focuses on the role of international actors in policy/knowledge transfer processes to suggest that a dynamic for the transnationalisation of policy results. The paper seeks to redress the tendency towards methodological nationalism in much of the early policy transfer literature by bringing to the fore the role of international organisations and non-state actors in transnational transfer networks. Secondly, attention is drawn to ‘soft’ forms of transfer – such as the spread of norms – as a necessary complement to the hard transfer of policy tools, structures and practices and in which non-state actors play a more prominent role. …

Irregular States, Or The Semiotics Of Knight-Errantry, Costas M. Constantinou

Costas M. Constantinou

The Political Economy Of The Production Of Customary International Law: The Role Of Non-Governmental Organizations, Donald J. Kochan

Donald J. Kochan

Increasingly, United States courts are recognizing various treaties, as well as declarations, proclamations, conventions, resolutions, programmes, protocols, and similar forms of inter- or multi-national “legislation” as evidence of a body of “customary international law” enforceable in domestic courts, particularly in the area of tort liability. These “legislative” documents, which this Article refers to as customary international law outputs, are seen by some courts as evidence of jus cogens norms that bind not only nations and state actors, but also private individuals. The most obvious evidence of this trend is in the proliferation of lawsuits against corporations with ties to the …

The Globalization Of Liberalization: Policy Diffusion In The International Political Economy, Zachary Elkins, Beth Simmons

Zachary Elkins

No abstract provided.