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The Japanese Military “Comfort Women” Issue From the Perspective of Memory Politics: A Comparative Study of South Korea and Taiwan

open access: yesPacific Focus, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This study compares the political responses of the Republic of Korea and the Republic of China (Taiwan) to the issue of Japanese military “comfort women.” While existing research has primarily examined victims' human rights, Japan's postwar responsibility, and Korea–Japan diplomatic disputes, it has overlooked why two nations with comparable ...
Kyounghee Cho, Siyao Xing
wiley   +1 more source

Monumental Questions: 1860s Civil War Monument Vandalization at Manassas

open access: yes, 2018
On October 4, 2017, I awoke to the news that the Stonewall Jackson equestrian monument at Manassas National Battlefield Park had been vandalized. Having worked there as a Pohanka intern during the summer of 2016, I was saddened to hear this.
Bilger, Ryan
core  

What Can the State of Nature Justify?

open access: yesPhilosophy &Public Affairs, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Social contract theory is one of the most popular approaches to political justification. While the state of nature account in social contract theory is generally invoked to justify the state's authority, I argue in this paper that no extant account succeeds in doing so.
Arthur (Hongyang) Yang
wiley   +1 more source

The epidemiology of attacks on statues: New Zealand as a case study. [PDF]

open access: yesPLoS One, 2021
Wilson N, Jones AC, Teng A, Thomson G.
europepmc   +1 more source

Monuments Ought to be Considered Case by Case

open access: yes, 2017
In a press conference last week President Donald Trump made this contribution to the escalating debate about monuments and memorials to American heroes who, by today’s reckoning, failed a moral test.
Birkner, Michael J.
core  

Practice Without Theory? The Wonder of Bethpage Black

open access: yesPublic Administration Review, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Bethpage State Park's Black Course offers a rare historical case of administrative capacity emerging under conditions of uncertainty, fiscal constraint, and urgent public purpose during the Great Depression. Built with relief labor and without the benefit of fully developed public administration or budgeting doctrines, the project required ...
Odd J. Stalebrink
wiley   +1 more source

Powers and Practices in Labor Standards Enforcement

open access: yesRegulation &Governance, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Wage theft remains a pervasive problem internationally and within the United States. In response, worker advocates have sought stronger laws to deter violations and promote compliance. Yet formal authority alone may be insufficient; labor departments often fail to use the full extent of their legal authority to conduct vigorous enforcement ...
Daniel J. Galvin   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

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