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Extended Commentary: Examining January 6th: Rights, Human Rights, and the Human Rights “Age”

“international rights” and concerned with intervention, human rights are also a basic claim to rights’ inherence and the idea that essential civil and political privileges are something all should have. To say the ... ” in Bosnia. In that context, catechism two concerns the Enlightenment; the resemblances of seventeenth- and eighteenth-century political philosophy to contemporary rights declarations are hard to miss

Policy Point-Counterpoint: Should Political Representation in a Nation-State be Reserved only for Citizens, or should it Encompass all Residents regardless of Status within a National Polity?

Immigration – Borders, Migration and Political Membership in a Global Age, eds. Ann E. Cudd & Win-chiat Lee (Cham: Springer, 2016), 33. 31 James B. Murphy, The Philosophy of Positive Law: Foundations of ... , Political Science Commons, and the Public Affairs, Public Policy and Public Administration Commons Recommended Citation Should Political Representation in a Nation-State be Reserved only for Citizens, or

Political Polarization in the United States: The Influences of Exceptionalism and Religion

American political polarization has been heavily influenced by the ideas of Exceptionalism and Religion. The interplay of these two elements within the collective American identity has forged ... American good feels like nothing more than a romantic ideal of bygone era. Political polarization has forged two opposing national identities, each holding the other as an unpatriotic betrayal of the

COVID-19 and 9/11: The Effect of Emotion on Reflection and Partisanship During Crises

The aim of this paper is to demonstrate that emotion plays a significant role in how people approach and reflect on political situations, namely national crises. Through the online distribution of an ... During - Cover Page Footnote A special thank you to professor of Government, David Ciuk, for his class, Political Psychology, which instigated this paper, and for his guidance during the research

Extended Commentary: Meritocracy and Its Discontents: Inequality in Higher Education

rewards associated with actual contributions to the common good, and a culture of elitism that separates the privileged from the less privileged members of society. Meritocracy also has political ... , Communication Commons, Economics Commons, Political 1 This Response or Comment is brought to you for free and open access by Nighthawks Open Institutional Repository. It has been accepted for inclusion in

The Importance and Development of a Humanistic & Long-Term Mindset in Business Leaders

essential for such long-term performance and are more closely aligned to the law and political economy view. Leadership styles that demonstrate ethical, sustainable, and values-based practices are strongly ... twentyfirst century markets. Ethical, sustainable, and values-based leadership practices are essential for such long-term performance. These frameworks are more closely aligned to the law and political economy

“Have we not an equal interest with the men of this nation?” Gender, Equality, and Genesis in John Locke's Political Thought

It is the contention of this paper that a better understanding of Locke’s political theory can be gained by comparative study of his later religious text, The Reasonableness of Christianity alongside ... equality of women, but that one cannot fully grasp the whole pattern of his political philosophy without attending to the natural in/equality he describes between women and men. The main contribution of

A Gravity Model of Civic Deviance: Justice, Natural Duties, and Reparative Responsibilities

American Studies Commons; Economics Commons; Ethics and Political Philosophy - Cover Page Footnote Woojin Lim is a legal researcher in global justice and human rights, studying moral and political ... like to thank my professors Lucas Stanczyk for introducing me to John Rawls’s political philosophy in first-year fall, and Selim Berker for his engaging seminar on Nozick’s Philosophical Explanations in

Sacred Rhetoric and the Legitimacy of Unrecognized States

Within the contested portions of the world map lie unrecognized states in which legitimate political institutions, public services, and ranging levels of democracy exist. However, they struggle to ... Area Studies Commons, Political Science Commons, and the Public Affairs - Cover Page Footnote Jacob Condran is a graduate student at Charles University in Prague. This article is available in

Accountability for Political Abuses in Pre-Democratic Malawi: The Primacy of Truth

(emphasis added). This decision involved the unlawful political detention of Aleke Banda and Orton and Vera Chirwa. Mr. Banda had been arrested and held without trial for over twelve years, while the Chirwas ... hope that with political changes, "a new era of respect for the human rights of Malawi's citizens has begun." 203 There are many reasons why a successor government may not want to accept responsibility

Investment and the Andean Pact: From Political Response to Legal Structures to Safe Harbors

profound socio-political change.1 The development process in Latin America attests to this salient fact.2 In spite of efforts to modernize, benefits seemed to elude Latin American leaders. 3 New ... in three parts. Part One explores the political climate which reshaped the relationship between the developed West and the developing Latin States. Part Two commences by addressing the economic

Sir Dudley North ‘In Loyal Principles Exceeding’: A Political Merchant in the First Age of Party

This paper is one of the first academic studies of Sir Dudley North as a partisan Tory, both in his politics and his political economy. Previous examinations of North have either denied his political ... unregulated by Parliament not only resides outside of the Tory political economic model as outlined by Pincus, but it is antithetical to the Tory philosophy of restricting trade with the Dutch. Yet, North’s

Sir Dudley North ‘In Loyal Principles Exceeding’: A Political Merchant in the First Age of Party

This paper is one of the first academic studies of Sir Dudley North as a partisan Tory, both in his politics and his political economy. Previous examinations of North have either denied his political ... unregulated by Parliament not only resides outside of the Tory political economic model as outlined by Pincus, but it is antithetical to the Tory philosophy of restricting trade with the Dutch. Yet, North’s

Are Human Rights a Philosophy of History? The Case for the Defense

This paper explains what a human rights philosophy of history might be, how such a philosophy of history might function, and why it might be important that human rights maintain, or reflect a ... helping to justify human rights as a political concept.114 However, Hegel has yet to be argued as providing a philosophy of history resembling that of human rights’. Nonetheless, one can overlay certain of

Book Review: American Prophets: Seven Religious Radicals and their Struggle for Social and Political Justice by Albert J. Raboteau

Commons Economics Commons Geography Commons International Area Studies Commons Political Science Commons the Public Affairs Public Policy Public Administration Commons - Raboteau, Albert J., American ... Prophets: Seven Religious Radicals and their Struggle for Social and Political Justice. Princeton: Princeton University Press, 2016, 224 pages. Hardcover, $29.95. examines the lives of seven influential

Political Order and Political Decay: From the Industrial Revolution to the Globalization of Democracy by Francis Fukuyama

, Economics Commons, Geography Commons, International and Area Studies Commons, Political Science Commons, and the Public Affairs, Public Policy and Public Administration Commons 1 Pace University - Fukuyama

Democracies, Autocracies, and Political Stability

Does democracy promote political instability? Research by pre-eminent scholars demonstrate how nascent democracies may be disadvantaged in promoting political stability because of the pluralist and ... Professor of Political Science at Arkansas State University. Since the third wave of democratization, many scholars have debated whether or not there exist necessary prerequisites for the consolidation of

Democracies, Autocracies, and Political Stability

Does democracy promote political instability? Research by pre-eminent scholars demonstrate how nascent democracies may be disadvantaged in promoting political stability because of the pluralist and ... Professor of Political Science at Arkansas State University. Since the third wave of democratization, many scholars have debated whether or not there exist necessary prerequisites for the consolidation of

Denying Pell Grants to Prisoners: Race, Class, and the Philosophy of Mass Incarceration

Commons, International and Area Studies Commons, Political Science Commons, and the Public Affairs, Public Policy and Public Administration Commons 1 Polk State College - Lakeland Follow this and

Book Review: The Return of Inequality: Social Change and the Weight of the Past by Mike Savage

pick up this book. Using sociology, public policy, and political science frames, Savage takes readers on a tour, first, of the state of inequality research, especially since Piketty’s Capital. Taking a ... weightiness of social and political capitals. He criticizes the professionalization of politics, elite capture, and government done by “bespoke focus groups.” These trends in government, he argues, cause