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proven difficult to articulate a definition of domestic terrorism that does not implicate the right to political protest.25 The right to protest is critical to a functioning democracy26 — but so too is the ... ability to live free from a persistent threat of violence.27 It is thus difficult to express when, exactly, we should label an act that is meant to create political pressure as an act of terrorism. This
This Comment argues that the death penalty is inconsistent with underlying principles of American democracy and is thus illegitimate as a matter of political philosophy, despite its conceded ... concludes that the death penalty ought to be rejected as a matter of political philosophy and that permanent abolition cannot be achieved through the traditional courtroom attacks. Lasting repeal of death
individual instructors. HB 7’s overarching objective is to disallow course discussions and assignments on systemic and structural analyses of how race and racism have impacted the social, political, and ... of Florida Historian Paul Ortiz describes faculty compliance with stringent new state laws as an example of the political theory concept of “anticipatory obedience,” saying: “The state doesn’t even
war crimes prosecutions in Ukraine. Second, we live in a time of polarization, both at home and abroad. Cultural and political division is elevated domestically, while the international community ... survey theories of philosophy, psychology, and sociology that show the complexity of social meaning. It argues that this dynamic thus complicates scholarly notions that criminal justice should do
marginalizes religion as a private or non-political concern. For over a century, a dominant assumption among social scientists is that secularization is strongly associated with modernization, with religion ... at ensuring that research is not used to support one’s beliefs or preferences, or specific political or social agendas. Yet, axiological neutrality is not easy to attain, especially in the social
billionaire entrepreneurs (e.g., Jack Ma) could mitigate political economy as well as financial frictions via capital injections from foreign venture capitalists. By building a unique database, I report that (i ... Economics and Political Science (LSE). This paper has been presented with helpful comments and feedbacks at Growth and Development Seminar , LSE (May, 2018) , Government- Business Symposium, Hunan Business
social interchange and the direct involvement of civil society in political processes are two dimensions of democracy driving such effect. We additionally observe that entrepreneurship is sensitive to both ... political processes, which enhances institutional trust, are two channels driving the positive effect. We also find that entrepreneurship is sensitive to both contemporaneous and historical level of
). 2. See, e.g., David Alan Sklansky, The Changing Political Landscape for Elected Prosecutors, 14 OHIO ST. J. CRIM. L. 647, 647–49 (2017); Bruce A. Green & Rebecca Roiphe, When Prosecutors Politick ... and political functions.10 Drawing on the work of cultural theorist Stuart Hall and criminologist Jonathan Simon, I argue that criminal law and prosecution have come to operate as primary sites of
. Interestingly, we find no significant relationship between governor party and venture creation. However, we find that when the governor and legislature were unified in their political party — irrespective of ... political environment — party affiliation and discretion — impacted new venture creation within the food and restaurant industry, which is an important indicator of economic recovery. Using a publicly
socioeconomic benefits both for the refugees and for their host countries (OECD, 2019a) . Refugee entrepreneurship has received growing academic and political attention as a topic of its own (Abebe, 2023 ... , comprehensive quantitative studies and focused analyses on everyday strategies for refugees’ labor market integration are needed, especially intercountry studies that can inform and inspire political action and
entrepreneurial identities in relation to their interpretations. Relying on the life story narratives of 21 women entrepreneurs, we analyse social, political and institutional opportunity structures and the ... environment’ and categorised into three types—social, political and institutional—based on the literature review (Koopmans and Statham, 2000; Hooghe, 2005; Nicolini, 2012) . In this analysis, we treated
This article draws some general connections between privatization and political accountability. Although the main focus of the article is to examine different types of privatization, specifically ... connections between privatization and political accountability. Political accountability is to be understood as the amenability of a government policy or activity to monitoring through the political process
. L.J. 91 (2017). Available at: https://ir.lawnet.fordham.edu/ulj/vol44/iss1/4 - Article 4 Follow this and additional works at: https://ir.lawnet.fordham.edu/ulj THE POLITICAL ECONOMY OF CITY POWER ... revealed both the entrenched inequities in America’s basic infrastructure and the striking limits of the electoral, economic, and political power of residents living in struggling municipalities.7 This lack
opposed to a direct housing provider. Thus, there was a “steady disinvestment, both literal and political, from the commitment to provide safe, decent, and affordable housing through public ownership.” 62 ... During that era, many families that could leave public housing did. As Richard Rothstein noted, “[t]he loss of middle-class tenants also removed a constituency that had possessed the political strength to
draft will heavily influence public opinion against the draft. Historical perception is a political reality that policymakers must recognize. Public opinion has not always been against conscription. The
use their discretionary law enforcement authority selectively, not only to channel benefits to specialinterest groups in return for political support, l2 but also to quash dissent by harassing members
Hybrid ownership—sharing partial business ownership with the state—is a new form of political connections that entrepreneurs in developing countries may employ to improve their access to key ... agency costs. Also, the involvement of the state in firm governance reduces the benefits gained from having state ownership. Hybrid firms; Political connections; Firm performance; Vietnam; Weak
particular interest in the relations of power and the political consequences that are inherent in such cultural practices” (Barker, 2004, p. xix) . Apart from the cultural studies approach, culture appears ... entrepreneurship impacts societal or regional inequality (Halvarrsson et al., 2018; Lippman et al., 2005), which is at the core of disciplines such as sociology and political science. This argument holds not only
these analyses. The U.S. criminal legal system is in the midst of a deep reckoning as scholars, policymakers and activists across the political spectrum question the efficacy and equity of American ... . at 798 (quoting H. L. A. HART, Punishment and the Elimination of Responsibility, in PUNISHMENT AND RESPONSIBILITY: ESSAYS IN THE PHILOSOPHY OF LAW 158, 162 (1968)) (holding that the Eighth Amendment
Act and state-led electricity decarbonization, may reduce the costs to building owners of lowering building emissions, and therefore increase the political and economic viability of New York City’s ... building mandates. In sum, the history of New York City’s decarbonization efforts emphasizes the potential for local action to address climate change and the difficult political economy of such action
