POLI0062 Topic 1: Behaviorism. Historical origin: traditional approach Focus on formal constitutional power of office E.g. structure of state‚ electoral provisions‚ location of sovereignty Essentially Non-comparative Largely descriptive‚ did not aspire to explain Not ask why they work as they do or what forces shaping them E.g. historical original and growth of institutions E.g. legalistic – formal powers of branches of govt. Characteristics of behaviorism 1. Focus on what can be measured
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GOVERNMENT SPYING ON CITIZENS Even now – after all of the revelations by Edward Snowden and other whistle-blowers – spying apologists say that the reports are “exaggerated” or “overblown”‚ and that the government only spies on potential bad guys. In reality‚ the government is spying on everyone’s digital and old-fashioned communications. For example‚ the government is photographing the outside information on every piece of snail mail. The government is spying on you through your phone … and may
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COURT OF APPEAL Slater v Clay Cross Co Ltd [1956] 2 QB 264 Full text 17 May 1956 DENNING LJ: In Derbyshire there has been for well over a hundred years a railway line owned by the defendants. We were told that George Stephenson himself made it. The defendants use it so as to carry limestone from their quarries at Crich down to Ambergate. It is a small gauge line‚ only three feet‚ three inches wide‚ and is 2 1/2 miles long. On that small line there are two tunnels. One of them‚ with which we
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The International Monetary Fund (IMF) is an international organization that oversees the global financial system by following the macroeconomic policies of its member countries‚ in particular those with an impact on exchange rates and the balance of payments. It is an organization formed to stabilize international exchange rates and facilitate development.[2] It also offers financial and technical assistance to its members‚ making it an international lender of last resort. Its headquarters are located
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Building Democracy After Conflict THE CASE FOR SHARED SOVEREIGNTY Stephen D. Krasner Stephen D. Krasner is Graham H. Stuart Professor of International Relations and director of the Center on Democracy‚ Development‚ and the Rule of Law at Stanford University. His books include Sovereignty: Organized Hypocrisy (1999) and Problematic Sovereignty (2001). ne of the major foreign policy challenges of the contemporary era‚ indeed perhaps the major challenge‚ is how to encourage the development
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NORSOK STANDARD P-001 Edition 5‚ Sep. 2006 Process design This NORSOK standard is developed with broad petroleum industry participation by interested parties in the Norwegian petroleum industry and is owned by the Norwegian petroleum industry represented by The Norwegian Oil Industry Association (OLF) and The Federation of Norwegian Industry. Please note that whilst every effort has been made to ensure the accuracy of this NORSOK standard‚ neither OLF nor The Federation of Norwegian Industry or
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resistance in South Africa. Monthly Review‚ 54 (8)‚ 16-29. Durrheim‚ K.‚ & Painter‚ D. (2007). Collecting quantitative data. In Terre Blanche‚ M.‚ Durrheim‚ K.‚& Painter‚ D. (Eds)‚ Research in practice.(2nd ed.). Cape Town: University of Cape Town Press. Finnemore‚ M.‚ & Van der Merwe‚ R. (1992). Introduction to Industrial Relations in South Africa (3rd ed.). Johannesburg: Lexicon. Fullagar‚ C.‚ Gallagher‚ D.G.‚ Clark‚ P.F.‚ & Carroll‚ A.E. (2004). Union commitment and participation: A ten year longitudinal
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LanguageAssistant Clare Lavery I Acknowledgements The author is grateful to Muguette Moreau‚ Rita Legoux and all her former colleagues at the CES Emile Verhaeren in Bonsecours for making the year in classes bilingues so enjoyable. This positive experience led to a fruitful career in EFL. Many thanks to the fourth-year students at Queen Mary and Westfield College University of London and at Newcastle University for their time chatting about their year abroad. Thanks also to all those assistants
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Forthcoming: International Organization (2006) Women and Globalization: A Study of 180 Countries‚ 1975-2000 Mark M. Gray Georgetown University Miki Caul Kittilson Arizona State University Wayne Sandholtz University of California‚ Irvine A grant from the Center for Global Peace and Conflict Studies at the University of California‚ Irvine supported this research. An earlier version of this article was presented at the 2004 Annual Meetings of the American Political Science Association. The authors
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Wed. 9/1 -Sovereignty -Territory -Monopoly of Violence Governance -Governance is about rules (rules aren’t there until they’re put there.) -Setting the rules -Applying and interpreting the rules -Enforcing the rules -Key Questions: ~Which Rules? ~Who will do the things above? ~To whom do the rules apply? -Meta-rules: rules about setting‚applying‚interpreting the rules. -Governance is about managing the rules in order to enhance the legitimacy of the public realm.
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