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SAARC and region-building: is South Asia a region? (2018)
Journal Article
Chakma, B. (2018). SAARC and region-building: is South Asia a region?. Journal of the Indian Ocean Region, 14(2), 189-205. https://doi.org/10.1080/19480881.2018.1478272

'Region' is a contested concept. Although scholars have extensively debated the issue, there is no consensus on the definition of region. While some scholars emphasise geographic proximity as a key factor, others put importance to cognitive and ideat... Read More about SAARC and region-building: is South Asia a region?.

Addressing Internet Dangerous Expressions: Deliberative Democracy and CleaNet© (2018)
Journal Article
Cohen-Almagor, R. (2018). Addressing Internet Dangerous Expressions: Deliberative Democracy and CleaNet©. Journal of Internet Law, 21(11), 3-15

The article is divided to three parts: (1) underpinning
principles; (2) troubling concerns on the Internet:
terror, child sex offence and hate speech; and (3) exploration
of a new paradigm for the future of the Internet
called CleaNet©. CleaNet©... Read More about Addressing Internet Dangerous Expressions: Deliberative Democracy and CleaNet©.

Power behind the scenes: The importance of informal space in legislatures (2018)
Journal Article
Norton, P. (2019). Power behind the scenes: The importance of informal space in legislatures. Parliamentary affairs, 72(2), 245-266. https://doi.org/10.1093/pa/gsy018

Studies of legislatures focus on what happens in formal space, principally the chamber and committee rooms. Such studies are necessary, but not sufficient, for explaining behaviour within legislatures and its consequences. The use of space for member... Read More about Power behind the scenes: The importance of informal space in legislatures.

Politics UK (2018)
Book
Jones, B., Hertner, I., & Norton, P. (2018). B. Jones, P. Norton, & O. Daddow (Eds.). Politics UK. Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/9781003028574

This revised and updated tenth edition of the bestselling textbook Politics UK is an indispensable introduction to British politics. It provides a thorough and accessible overview of the institutions and processes of British government, an excellent... Read More about Politics UK.

Forms, dialectics and the healthy community: the British idealists' receptions of Plato (2018)
Journal Article
Tyler, C. (2018). Forms, dialectics and the healthy community: the British idealists' receptions of Plato. Archiv für Geschichte der Philosophie, 100(1), 76-105. https://doi.org/10.1515/agph-2018-0004

© 2018 Walter de Gruyter GmbH. All rights reserved. This article counters the dominant misinterpretations of the British idealists' readings of Plato, thereby fundamentally undermining the current historiography of Plato's modern reception in the Eng... Read More about Forms, dialectics and the healthy community: the British idealists' receptions of Plato.

Should the Euthanasia Act in Belgium include minors? (2018)
Journal Article
Cohen-Almagor, R. (2018). Should the Euthanasia Act in Belgium include minors?. Perspectives in Biology and Medicine, 61(2), 230-248. https://doi.org/10.1353/pbm.2018.0039

In 2014, Belgium became the first country in the world to legislate euthanasia for children. The decision evoked questions and criticisms in Belgium and in the world at large: should children have the right to ask to die? Are children able to make re... Read More about Should the Euthanasia Act in Belgium include minors?.

Between Individual Rights and Group Rights (2018)
Journal Article
Cohen-Almagor, R. (2018). Between Individual Rights and Group Rights. Academicus, 18, 9-25. https://doi.org/10.7336/academicus.2018.18.01

The politicization of ethnocultural diversity and the demands posed by minority cultures for greater public recognition of their distinctive identities, and greater freedom and opportunity to retain and develop their distinctive cultural practices ch... Read More about Between Individual Rights and Group Rights.

Relationship Between the Two Houses (2018)
Book Chapter
Lord Norton of Louth, P., & Maer, L. (2018). Relationship Between the Two Houses. In A. Horne, & G. Drewry (Eds.), Parliament and the Law (125-46). (2nd). Hart Publishing

The public interest environmental law group: from USA to Europe (2018)
Journal Article
Goodman, M., & Connelly, J. (2018). The public interest environmental law group: from USA to Europe. Environmental Politics, 27(6), 1014-1032. https://doi.org/10.1080/09644016.2018.1438789

The European environmental movement has been reconfigured since the introduction of the pan-European public interest environmental law group based on the model founded in the USA around 1970. Yet it has been claimed that there is a low degree of succ... Read More about The public interest environmental law group: from USA to Europe.

Social responsibility on the Internet: Addressing the challenge of cyberbullying (2018)
Journal Article
Cohen-Almagor, R. (2018). Social responsibility on the Internet: Addressing the challenge of cyberbullying. Aggression and violent behavior, 39, 42-52. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.avb.2018.01.001

© 2018 Elsevier Ltd This article discusses the phenomena of cyberbullying especially among young people. The discussion, based on an interdisciplinary study in the fields of brain studies, child development, psychology, social policy, victimization a... Read More about Social responsibility on the Internet: Addressing the challenge of cyberbullying.

The Political Organisation of Parliament (2018)
Book Chapter
Lord Norton of Louth, P. (2018). The Political Organisation of Parliament. In C. Leston-Bandeira, & L. Thompson (Eds.), Exploring Parliament (15-23). Oxford University Press

Why we need to establish international political psychology (2018)
Journal Article
Beyer, C. (in press). Why we need to establish international political psychology. Asia Pacific journal of advanced business and social studies, 4(1), 393-401. https://doi.org/10.25275/apjabssv4i1ss14

A combination of Psychology with International Relations yields important results and ideas for improving the international world. This chapter proposes to establish International Political Psychology as a discipline with the purpose of harvesting id... Read More about Why we need to establish international political psychology.

Abolishing the security dilemma: Why we need to integrate the militaries (2018)
Journal Article
Beyer, A. C. (2018). Abolishing the security dilemma: Why we need to integrate the militaries. Cambridge Journal of Eurasian Studies, 2, 93EAZO. https://doi.org/10.22261/CJES.93EAZO

This article argues that the Security Dilemma can in fact be abolished by integrating the militaries into one common global organisation, possibly under one common command. The existence and workings of NATO are an approximate example of this ideal i... Read More about Abolishing the security dilemma: Why we need to integrate the militaries.

Euthanasia and palliative sedation in Belgium (2018)
Journal Article
Cohen-Almagor, R., & Ely, E. W. (2018). Euthanasia and palliative sedation in Belgium. BMJ supportive & palliative care, 8(3), 307-313. https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjspcare-2017-001398

The aim of this article is to use data from Belgium to analyse distinctions between palliative sedation and euthanasia. There is a need to reduce confusion and improve communication related to patient management at the end of life specifically regard... Read More about Euthanasia and palliative sedation in Belgium.

Neoliberalism, New Labour and the Welfare State (2017)
Book Chapter
Beech, M. (2017). Neoliberalism, New Labour and the Welfare State. In R. E. Backhouse, B. W. Bateman, T. Nishizawa, & D. Plehwe (Eds.), Liberalism and the Welfare State: Economists & arguments for the Welfare State (118-130). Oxford University Press. https://doi.org/10.1093/acprof%3Aoso/9780190676681.003.0007

This chapter argues that the New Labour governments (1997–2010) were not a political project wholly based on neoliberal assumptions, as the “majority view” in the scholarship asserts. In the area of welfare policy New Labour adopted a modified social... Read More about Neoliberalism, New Labour and the Welfare State.

Measuring Wellbeing in an Age of Austerity (2017)
Book Chapter
Lee, S. (2017). Measuring Wellbeing in an Age of Austerity. In C. Coron, & L. Dalingwater (Eds.), Wellbeing: Challenging the Anglo-Saxon Hegemony (81-93). Presses Sorbonne Nouvelle

The authors of this volume set out to find whether there are any specific cultural features of the Anglo-American notion of wellbeing or whether there is a specific model. Among the wealth of literature on wellbeing over the last few years, a number... Read More about Measuring Wellbeing in an Age of Austerity.