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Trends. Syria, Israel, And The Power Of Money, Ibpp Editor Jan 2000

Trends. Syria, Israel, And The Power Of Money, Ibpp Editor

International Bulletin of Political Psychology

This article the political psychology and role of aid in the Middle East, focusing on the conflict between Israel and Syria.


Trends. Problems With The National Ignition Facility: Implications For Leadership And Test Bans, Ibpp Editor Jan 2000

Trends. Problems With The National Ignition Facility: Implications For Leadership And Test Bans, Ibpp Editor

International Bulletin of Political Psychology

This article examines issues surrounding the National Ignition Facility (NIF), designed to allow scientists to study the properties of nuclear weapons without detonating them.


When Peacekeeping Is Not Peacemaking: Syrian-Israeli Negotiations At Shepherdstown, Ibpp Editor Jan 2000

When Peacekeeping Is Not Peacemaking: Syrian-Israeli Negotiations At Shepherdstown, Ibpp Editor

International Bulletin of Political Psychology

This article contrasts peacekeeping and peacemaking not only as distinct denotations but also as functional antitheses.


Imbalances And Balance Theories: Israel, Taiwan, And The United States, Ibpp Editor Jan 2000

Imbalances And Balance Theories: Israel, Taiwan, And The United States, Ibpp Editor

International Bulletin of Political Psychology

This article highlights the imbalance in simple balance theories addressing the attitudes of allies and adversaries.


Trends. Chechnya As Projective Container, Ibpp Editor Jan 2000

Trends. Chechnya As Projective Container, Ibpp Editor

International Bulletin of Political Psychology

This article discusses and evaluates the views of political observers of Russian activities in Chechnya.


Francis Lieber: Anglican And Gallican Liberty Reading And Study Guide, Steven Alan Samson Jan 2000

Francis Lieber: Anglican And Gallican Liberty Reading And Study Guide, Steven Alan Samson

Faculty Publications and Presentations

Francis Lieber, who later held the first formal political science chair in America (Columbia, 1858), contrasted the English and French contributions to civil liberty in an article he published in 1849, the year following the European revolutions of 1848. Four years later, Lieber extended his analysis and added a major section on American liberty in Of Civil Liberty and Self-Government (1853). More than a century afterwards, Friedrich A. Hayek, who won the Nobel Prize for Economics in 1973, drew on Lieber's comparison of Anglican and Gallican Liberty in his treatise on political philosophy, The Constitution of Liberty (1960).


Book Review: New Rules For The New Economy, Robert J. Bunker Jan 2000

Book Review: New Rules For The New Economy, Robert J. Bunker

CGU Faculty Publications and Research

No abstract provided.


Non-Lethal Weapons Conference, Robert J. Bunker Jan 2000

Non-Lethal Weapons Conference, Robert J. Bunker

CGU Faculty Publications and Research

Several worldwide conferences are or have been considering the future of non-lethal weapons (NLW). NLW proliferation and practicality continue to offer intriguing possibilities for bloodless warfare.


Book Review: Quantum Jump: A Survival Guide For The New Renaissance, Robert J. Bunker Jan 2000

Book Review: Quantum Jump: A Survival Guide For The New Renaissance, Robert J. Bunker

CGU Faculty Publications and Research

No abstract provided.


Francis Lieber: The Ancient And The Modern Teacher Of Politics: Reading And Study Guide, Steven Alan Samson Jan 2000

Francis Lieber: The Ancient And The Modern Teacher Of Politics: Reading And Study Guide, Steven Alan Samson

Faculty Publications and Presentations

No abstract provided.


Readings On State-Instituted Education Compilation, Steven Alan Samson Jan 2000

Readings On State-Instituted Education Compilation, Steven Alan Samson

Faculty Publications and Presentations

No abstract provided.


Biological Science In Conservation, David Johns Jan 2000

Biological Science In Conservation, David Johns

Political Science Faculty Publications and Presentations

Large-scale wildlands reserve systems offer one of the best hopes for slowing, if not reversing, the loss of biodiversity and wilderness. Establishing such reserves requires both sound biology and effective advocacy. Attempts by The Wildlands Project and its cooperators to meld science and advocacy in the service of conservation is working, but is not without some problems. Scientists and advocates have differences in methods of work, different understandings of the origins and place of values in conservation, and differing expectations about the efficacy of biological information in achieving protection. Despite these differences, successful relationships can be forged where these differences …


Does The Invisible Hand Need A Transparent Glove?, Ann Florini Jan 2000

Does The Invisible Hand Need A Transparent Glove?, Ann Florini

Research Collection School of Social Sciences

Transparency is on the rise, touted as the solution to such disparate problems asfinancial volatility, environmental degradation, money laundering, and corruption. Buttransparency faces much opposition, particularly from those under scrutiny. Such actorsoften have strong incentives to avoid providing information. To explain the growingdemand for transparency and to assess its prospects for success requires attention tomatters of politics – that is, power. Power is often needed to induce disclosures orrestructure incentives. And the information thus revealed can shift power from the formerholders of secrets to the newly informed. This paper explores the politics of transparency– why it is emerging, and what …


Secrets For Sale: How Commercial Satellite Imagery Will Change The World, Yahya Dehqanzada, Ann Florini Jan 2000

Secrets For Sale: How Commercial Satellite Imagery Will Change The World, Yahya Dehqanzada, Ann Florini

Research Collection School of Social Sciences

Secrets for Sale presents the first in-depth analysis of the emerging commercial remote sensing industry. This timely publication examines the benefits and dilemmas created by the new industry, and provides badly needed policy recommendations on how and why to handle the new transparency right.


Trends. Psychological Discord At The War Crimes Tribunal, Ibpp Editor Dec 1999

Trends. Psychological Discord At The War Crimes Tribunal, Ibpp Editor

International Bulletin of Political Psychology

The author discusses possible external signs of a perpetrator of genocide.


Food For Thought On Food As A Weapon In The Sudan, Ibpp Editor Dec 1999

Food For Thought On Food As A Weapon In The Sudan, Ibpp Editor

International Bulletin of Political Psychology

This article analyzes conceptual Issues surrounding a United States Government policy authorizing food assistance to armed opposition groups in southern Sudan.


The Yale Political Quarterly 1999 December, The Politic, Inc. Dec 1999

The Yale Political Quarterly 1999 December, The Politic, Inc.

The Politic

No abstract provided.


The Sustainable, The Expendable, And The Obsolete, Michael D. Lieber Dec 1999

The Sustainable, The Expendable, And The Obsolete, Michael D. Lieber

Pacific Studies

This is a preliminary exploration of the concept of sustainability and its potential usefulness to anthropologists. “Sustainable” is distinguished from “stable” and “viable” in terms of its implications of directionality of time, pointing both backward and forward. Given the time implications, the contexts of “sustainable Xs” (technology, activity, development, etc.) are crucial to explaining what happened to X in the past and prognosticating its future. The argument is illustrated by analyzing data on obsolete fishing practices on Kapingamarangi Atoll (Federated States of Micronesia), focusing on the contexts of change in political /religious organization in the twentieth century. Changing access to …


Trends. The Political Psychology Of Abortion And United Nations Funding, Ibpp Editor Nov 1999

Trends. The Political Psychology Of Abortion And United Nations Funding, Ibpp Editor

International Bulletin of Political Psychology

The author discusses United States (US) executive and legislative branches meddling in international policy, especially as it relates to abortion.


Political Psychology Primer: Puerto Rican Nationalists And Clemency, Ibpp Editor Nov 1999

Political Psychology Primer: Puerto Rican Nationalists And Clemency, Ibpp Editor

International Bulletin of Political Psychology

This article contrasts public policy discourse, policy deliberations, and policy analysis on awarding clemency to nationalists supporting a politically violent organization.


Trends. Defending Positions On Missile Defense: A Case Of Negative Transference?, Ibpp Editor Nov 1999

Trends. Defending Positions On Missile Defense: A Case Of Negative Transference?, Ibpp Editor

International Bulletin of Political Psychology

The article discusses the United States Government's(USG) proposed plan to go ahead with a national missile defense system against attacks by so-called rogue nation-states, terrorist groups, and other non-state actors.


Trends. Wanted: Russian Nuclear Security And A Primer On Russian Psychology, Ibpp Editor Nov 1999

Trends. Wanted: Russian Nuclear Security And A Primer On Russian Psychology, Ibpp Editor

International Bulletin of Political Psychology

The author discusses whether or not the United States Government (USG) tax payer's dollars-if any-should be expended towards nuclear security in Russia.


The Terror Of Terrorism: Implications For Government Policy, Ibpp Editor Nov 1999

The Terror Of Terrorism: Implications For Government Policy, Ibpp Editor

International Bulletin of Political Psychology

This article critiques common definitions of terrorism and suggests that such definitions support the power of the powerful against the power of the powerless.


Leftist Insurgent Movements In Colombia: How Moral Is Moral Suasion?, Ibpp Editor Nov 1999

Leftist Insurgent Movements In Colombia: How Moral Is Moral Suasion?, Ibpp Editor

International Bulletin of Political Psychology

This article explores moral suasion as a tool of insurgency and the morality of such suasion.


A Subversion Of Democracy In Yugoslavia?, Ibpp Editor Nov 1999

A Subversion Of Democracy In Yugoslavia?, Ibpp Editor

International Bulletin of Political Psychology

This article describes how a recent change in United States Government (USG) policy towards Yugoslavia may contribute to subverting the USG professed goal of spreading representative democracy throughout the region and even beyond.


Trends. Demise Of The Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty And The Telling Quote, Ibpp Editor Oct 1999

Trends. Demise Of The Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty And The Telling Quote, Ibpp Editor

International Bulletin of Political Psychology

The author discusses the Senate ratification of the Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty.


Trends. The Iraqi Crisis, Ibpp Editor Oct 1999

Trends. The Iraqi Crisis, Ibpp Editor

International Bulletin of Political Psychology

The article discusses the security threat that Iraq presents to the world.


The Yale Political Quarterly 1999 October, The Politic, Inc. Oct 1999

The Yale Political Quarterly 1999 October, The Politic, Inc.

The Politic

No abstract provided.


Introduction To Comparative Politics Syllabus, Steven Alan Samson Oct 1999

Introduction To Comparative Politics Syllabus, Steven Alan Samson

Faculty Publications and Presentations

No abstract provided.


Trends. The Pros And Cons Of Decapitation: An Example From Dagestan, Ibpp Editor Oct 1999

Trends. The Pros And Cons Of Decapitation: An Example From Dagestan, Ibpp Editor

International Bulletin of Political Psychology

This article explores the pros and cons of destroying or severely degrading the strategic command, control, and communication (C3) assets of a politico-military adversary--i.e., decapitation.