Author :
Publisher :
Page : 172 pages
File Size : 49,50 MB
Release : 2002
Category : Administrative responsibility
ISBN :
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Crippling Leviathan
Melissa M. Lee Desfor
Author : Melissa M. Lee Desfor
Publisher : Cornell University Press
Page : 261 pages
File Size : 41,11 MB
Release : 2020-04-15
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 1501748386
Policymakers worry that "ungoverned spaces" pose dangers to security and development. Why do such spaces exist beyond the authority of the state? Earlier scholarship—which addressed this question with a list of domestic failures—overlooked the crucial role that international politics play. In this shrewd book, Melissa M. Lee argues that foreign subversion undermines state authority and promotes ungoverned space. Enemy governments empower insurgents to destabilize the state and create ungoverned territory. This kind of foreign subversion is a powerful instrument of modern statecraft. But though subversion is less visible and less costly than conventional force, it has insidious effects on governance in the target state. To demonstrate the harmful consequences of foreign subversion for state authority, Crippling Leviathan marshals a wealth of evidence and presents in-depth studies of Russia's relations with the post-Soviet states, Malaysian subversion of the Philippines in the 1970s, and Thai subversion of Vietnamese-occupied Cambodia in the 1980s. The evidence presented by Lee is persuasive: foreign subversion weakens the state. She challenges the conventional wisdom on statebuilding, which has long held that conflict promotes the development of strong, territorially consolidated states. Lee argues instead that conflictual international politics prevents state development and degrades state authority. In addition, Crippling Leviathan illuminates the use of subversion as an underappreciated and important feature of modern statecraft. Rather than resort to war, states resort to subversion. Policymakers interested in ameliorating the consequences of ungoverned space must recognize the international roots that sustain weak statehood.
Intersections Between Rights and Technology
Anand, Amit
Author : Anand, Amit
Publisher : IGI Global
Page : 469 pages
File Size : 44,71 MB
Release : 2024-07-10
Category : Science
ISBN :
Artificial Intelligence (AI) is swiftly reshaping global regulatory frameworks, and current discussions on privacy have been thrust into the limelight. The virtual spaces we inhabit and technological advancements demand reevaluating our understanding of privacy, freedom of expression, and access to information. As the world grapples with unprecedented digital transformation, intensified by the global pandemic, exploring the human impact of AI has never been more important. The book, Intersections Between Rights and Technology explores this juncture, dissecting the intricate relationship between the rights we hold dear and the transformative power of technology. This book navigates the complexities of safeguarding human rights in the digital realm with a multidisciplinary lens. Addressing issues of paramount importance—privacy, human dignity, personal safety, and non-discrimination—the book critically examines the evolving landscape and the necessity to recalibrate legal and societal norms. This book is an indispensable resource for scholars, policymakers, law enforcement professionals, and individuals passionate about shaping a digital world where rights are not just respected but actively protected.
The Taxing Road to Sustainable Growth: Resource Productivity and Corporate Taxation
Mark Bowler Smith
Author : Mark Bowler Smith
Publisher : IBFD
Page : 267 pages
File Size : 44,67 MB
Release : 2013
Category : Corporations
ISBN : 908722186X
This book explores one way in which a tax system might help promote competitiveness and sustainable development. Focusing on the UK corporation tax, it recommends the introduction of a Resource Productivity Tax Credit, where resource productivity is defined as the money value of outputs relative to the money value of material resource and non-renewable energy inputs. The book is structured such that it first explores the legal mandate to promote competitiveness and sustainable development as contained in article 3(3) of the Treaty of the European Union. It then explores what competitiveness and sustainable development actually mean, particularly in an EU policy context, through the lenses of Europe 2020 and the EU Sustainable Development Strategy. It concludes that not only is there a great deal of common ground between competitiveness and sustainable development, as objectives, but that increasing resource productivity is a necessary means to those shared ends. After exploring EU tax policy and the relevant rules of the UK corporation tax for evidence of any kind of focus on competitiveness and sustainable development, as well as examining the suitability of corporate income taxes as policy instruments for increasing resource productivity, the book concludes that there is ample scope for a statutory tax incentive to be appended to the UK corporation tax to help fulfil the article 3 mandate. The headline objective of the Resource Productivity Tax Credit is to promote higher resource productivity in the trading activities of individual companies, in particular targeted sectors, through improvements to the knowledge base of those companies rather than through the increased use of raw materials, non-renewable energy and/or intermediate goods.
Paths Out of Dixie
Robert Mickey
Author : Robert Mickey
Publisher : Princeton University Press
Page : 583 pages
File Size : 42,40 MB
Release : 2015-02-22
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 1400838789
The transformation of the American South--from authoritarian to democratic rule--is the most important political development since World War II. It has re-sorted voters into parties, remapped presidential elections, and helped polarize Congress. Most important, it is the final step in America's democratization. Paths Out of Dixie illuminates this sea change by analyzing the democratization experiences of Georgia, Mississippi, and South Carolina. Robert Mickey argues that Southern states, from the 1890s until the early 1970s, constituted pockets of authoritarian rule trapped within and sustained by a federal democracy. These enclaves--devoted to cheap agricultural labor and white supremacy--were established by conservative Democrats to protect their careers and clients. From the abolition of the whites-only Democratic primary in 1944 until the national party reforms of the early 1970s, enclaves were battered and destroyed by a series of democratization pressures from inside and outside their borders. Drawing on archival research, Mickey traces how Deep South rulers--dissimilar in their internal conflict and political institutions--varied in their responses to these challenges. Ultimately, enclaves differed in their degree of violence, incorporation of African Americans, and reconciliation of Democrats with the national party. These diverse paths generated political and economic legacies that continue to reverberate today. Focusing on enclave rulers, their governance challenges, and the monumental achievements of their adversaries, Paths Out of Dixie shows how the struggles of the recent past have reshaped the South and, in so doing, America's political development.
Optimizing Medical Education With Instructional Technology
Demiroz, Erdem
Author : Demiroz, Erdem
Publisher : IGI Global
Page : 311 pages
File Size : 35,84 MB
Release : 2018-11-30
Category : Medical
ISBN : 1522562907
In today's educational settings, infusing technology into educational practices is not optional. It is a necessity because of the changing expectations and needs of learners. In a fast-paced environment such as the medical profession, it is critical that future healthcare professionals have access to the most advanced training environments and resources. Optimizing Medical Education With Instructional Technology is an essential reference that reports on technology-supported medical education. It introduces the best practices in 21st century learning approaches. This book, in addition to looking at medical education through the lens of instructional technologies, features research on topics such as the ethics of online education, mentoring research, and technology in the clinical setting. This book is designed for medical educators, instructional designers, researchers, practitioners, and academicians.
Principled Engagement
Morten B. Pedersen
Author : Morten B. Pedersen
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 391 pages
File Size : 44,81 MB
Release : 2016-04-08
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 1317075900
What is the best way to promote human rights in grossly repressive states when neither sanctions nor trade and investment have much effect? This book examines the concept of Principled Engagement as an often overlooked alternative strategy for alleviating human rights violations and improving the framework of human rights protection. Beginning with an explanation of the concept and a comparison with the alternatives of Ostracism and Business as Usual, the book argues that Principled Engagement deserves greater attention and explains how it works and what factors contribute to its success or failure. Case studies provide a rare scholarly inquiry into the effectiveness of the basic underlying ideas and analyse and assess specific cases, including from China, Burma, Zimbabwe and Liberia. Written by leading academics and practitioners, the book takes a general, comparative approach to human rights policy that teases out broad lessons about what works. Ultimately, this is a study that challenges scholars and practitioners alike to take a fresh look at how human rights are promoted internationally.
Comparative Corporate Governance
Klaus J. Hopt
Author : Klaus J. Hopt
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 1304 pages
File Size : 20,38 MB
Release : 1998
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9780198268888
"This book goes back to a symposium held at the Max Planck Institute for Foreign Private and Private International Law in Hamburg on May 15-17 1997"--P. [v].
The Judge, the Judiciary and the Court
Gabrielle Appleby
Author : Gabrielle Appleby
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 341 pages
File Size : 23,22 MB
Release : 2021-04-29
Category : Law
ISBN : 1108494617
Revealing analysis of how judges work as individuals and collectively to uphold judicial values in the face of contemporary challenges.
Public Policy and Governance in Bangladesh
Nizam Ahmed
Author : Nizam Ahmed
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 275 pages
File Size : 39,50 MB
Release : 2016-07-01
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 1317218779
Good policies are an important prerequisite of good governance, and any effort to change one is likely to affect the other. In emerging democracies, such as Bangladesh, a redefinition of roles and responsibilities of different actors in the policy and governing process can be noticed. This book identifies and analyses issues related to the making and implementation of public policies in Bangladesh over the last four decades (1972-2012). It explores the implications of the change that has taken place in policy and governance environment in Bangladesh. Focusing on several important sectoral and sub-sectoral polices, it examines the impact and limitations of the change. Chapters are structured into four parts: Public Policy, Bureaucracy and Parliament; Cases of Public Policy; Women in Governance and Public Administration; Ethics, Innovations, and Public Service Delivery, and the book is a valuable resource for researchers in the field of development studies, public policy and South Asian politics.