Discourse: Education, Theory of Politics, and Politics of Theory
In this paper, I revisit and reflect on my own and my research partners’ attempts at investigating the relationship between education and politics through the lens of discourse theory and discourse analysis methodology. This auto-analytical reflection corresponds to the shift in discourse studies from a technically understood discourse analysis to a ...
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Do animals have moral rights? An affirmative answer follows from the best justification for human rights that we can give. The moral status not only of humans but also of animals consists in an egalitarian right to have rights.
Bernd Ladwig
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Human Capital and Rural Households’ Vulnerability to Relative Poverty: Evidence from China
Drawing on three-wave panel data from China Family Panel Studies (CFPS) of 2014, 2016, and 2018, this paper measures rural households’ vulnerability to relative poverty using the three-stage feasible generalized least squares (FGLS) model. We analyze the
Jianfeng Su, Shurui Guo
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Nested governance for effective REDD+: Institutional and political arguments
Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and Forest Degradation and Forest Enhancement (REDD+) has become a central focus of global climate change mitigation efforts.
Prakash Kashwan, Robert Holahan
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Is Investor-State Arbitration Unfair? A Freedom-Based Perspective
Investor-state-dispute-settlement (ISDS) is an arbitration mechanism to settle disputes between foreign investors and host-states. Seemingly a technical issue in private international law, ISDS procedures have recently become a matter of public concern ...
Ayelet Banai
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Promises and challenges of deliberative and participatory innovations in hybride regimes: The case of two citizens’ assemblies in Serbia [PDF]
A worrying trend of autocratization that has been spreading globally in recent years, has thrust forward a new wave of appeals for deliberative and participatory democracy as a remedy for the crisis.
Fiket Irena, Đorđević Biljana
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A Political Theory of Populism [PDF]
Abstract When voters fear that politicians may be influenced or corrupted by the rich elite, signals of integrity are valuable. As a consequence, an honest politician seeking reelection chooses “populist” policies—that is, policies to the left of the median voter—as a way of signaling that he is not beholden to the interests of the right.
Acemoglu, Daron +2 more
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Emotions and International Political Theory [PDF]
This chapter examines the contribution made by the “emotional turn,” one of the most exciting and revolutionary developments in contemporary scholarship, to the key concerns of contemporary International Political Theory (IPT).
Jeffery, Renee, Renée Jeffery
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Sport in International Relations. Expectations, Possibilities and Effects
The aim of this article is to show how sport can matter in international relations. Sport can be a subject or a tool of international relations. It can be used by states or geopolitical blocks to display their alleged superiority or any other desired ...
Michał Marcin Kobierecki
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The political philosophy of the European city: from polis, through city-state, to megalopolis? Political theory for today./ Ferenc Hörcher. [PDF]
Includes bibliographical references and index."The Political Philosophy of the European City offers a wide-ranging panorama of urban political culture in Europe.
Horkay Hörcher Ferenc
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