All Outputs (610)

Internet Crime Enabling: Stalking and Cyberstalking (2022)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Cohen-Almagor, R., & Trottier, D. (2022, March). Internet Crime Enabling: Stalking and Cyberstalking. Presented at 2022 Future of Information and Communication Conference (FICC), San Francisco

Cyberstalking is practiced by Internet abusers to harass, victimize and to mock peers, teachers, co-workers, neighbors and others. While typically framed as an individual pursuit, we suggest that it can best be understood as a collective process, bot... Read More about Internet Crime Enabling: Stalking and Cyberstalking.

The Republic, Secularism and Security: France versus the Burqa and the Niqab (2022)
Book
Cohen-Almagor, R. (2022). The Republic, Secularism and Security: France versus the Burqa and the Niqab. (1). Springer

This book analyses French cultural policies in the face of what the French government perceives as a challenge to its Republican secular raison d'être. It makes general arguments about France’s changing identity and specific arguments about the burqa... Read More about The Republic, Secularism and Security: France versus the Burqa and the Niqab.

Bullying, Cyberbullying, and Hate Speech (2022)
Journal Article
Cohen-Almagor, R. (2022). Bullying, Cyberbullying, and Hate Speech. International journal of technoethics, 13(1), 1-17. https://doi.org/10.4018/IJT.291552

The Internet's design and raison d'être are complete freedom, but complete freedom might lead to anarchy and to harmful and anti-social activities. In this paper I address the concepts of moral and social responsibility, applying them to the Internet... Read More about Bullying, Cyberbullying, and Hate Speech.

Regionalism in the Global South: Understanding the Evolution of Mercosur (2022)
Book Chapter
Doctor, M. (2022). Regionalism in the Global South: Understanding the Evolution of Mercosur. In B. McKercher (Ed.), Routledge Handbook of Diplomacy and Statecraft (309-320). (2nd edition). Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/9781003016625-31

The world economy, especially international trade in goods and services, was already slowing before the COVID pandemic hit the headlines in early 2020. Mercosur’s sparse institutional structure relies on three main decision-making organs: the Common... Read More about Regionalism in the Global South: Understanding the Evolution of Mercosur.

L’odissea degli oikofobi: Roger Scruton su Dove siamo (2021)
Book Chapter
Fear, C. (2021). L’odissea degli oikofobi: Roger Scruton su Dove siamo. In L. Iannone, & G. Malgieri (Eds.), Roger Scruton: Vita, opere e pensiero di un conservatore. Historica Edizioni

Lessons from peace negotiations: interview with Ehud Olmert (2021)
Journal Article
Cohen-Almagor, R. (2021). Lessons from peace negotiations: interview with Ehud Olmert. Israel affairs, 27(6), 1160-1189. https://doi.org/10.1080/13537121.2021.1993000

Israeli PM Ehud Olmert (2006–9) offered the Palestinians the most comprehensive peace deal they had ever received. Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas said he would reply ‘soon’ and never did. This interview records Olmert’s thoughts on the... Read More about Lessons from peace negotiations: interview with Ehud Olmert.

Indivisibilité, Sécurité, Laïcité: the French ban on the burqa and the niqab (2021)
Journal Article
Cohen-Almagor, R. (2021). Indivisibilité, Sécurité, Laïcité: the French ban on the burqa and the niqab. French Politics, https://doi.org/10.1057/s41253-021-00164-8

In France, secularism is celebrated in the public sphere. The paper makes general arguments about France’s changing identity and specific arguments about the burqa and niqab ban. It explains how French history shaped the ideology of secularism and of... Read More about Indivisibilité, Sécurité, Laïcité: the French ban on the burqa and the niqab.

Ethics or efficacy? : examining strategic ethics and counterinsurgency (2021)
Thesis
Mayne, P. J. Ethics or efficacy? : examining strategic ethics and counterinsurgency. (Thesis). University of Hull. https://hull-repository.worktribe.com/output/4240564

Coercion (2021)
Journal Article
Cohen-Almagor, R. (2021). Coercion. Open Journal of Philosophy, 11(03), 386-409. https://doi.org/10.4236/ojpp.2021.113027

Coercion involves two or more parties who are in conflict and whose relationships are complex and uneasy. Generally speaking, people resent coercion and, when possible, rebel against it. This paper differentiates between circumstantial coercion and p... Read More about Coercion.

Development banks as instruments of Brazilian strategic diplomacy (2021)
Journal Article
Doctor, M. (2022). Development banks as instruments of Brazilian strategic diplomacy. Contemporary Politics, 28(1), 79-98. https://doi.org/10.1080/13569775.2021.1961395

The article considers whether Brazil’s foreign policies aimed at reforming the global governance architecture for development finance can be considered the application of ‘strategic diplomacy’, and assesses the conditions for and limitations of imple... Read More about Development banks as instruments of Brazilian strategic diplomacy.

The judiciary (2021)
Book Chapter
Norton, P. (2021). The judiciary. In B. Jones, P. Norton, & I. Hertner (Eds.), Politics UK (560-583). (10th ed.). Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/9781003028574

The power of judicial review thus provides the judiciary with a potentially significant role in the policy cycle. There has been a growth in judicial activism, preceding significant constitutional changes that have generated a new role for the judici... Read More about The judiciary.

The crown (2021)
Book Chapter
Norton, P. (2021). The crown. In B. Jones, P. Norton, & I. Hertner (Eds.), Politics UK (374-397). (10th ed.). Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/9781003028574

The crown is the symbol of all executive authority. In Anglo-Saxon and Norman times, the formal power that the crown conferred – executive, legislative and judicial – was exercised personally by the monarch. The monarchy predates by several centuries... Read More about The crown.

The house of commons at work (2021)
Book Chapter
Norton, P. (2021). The house of commons at work. In B. Jones, P. Norton, & I. Hertner (Eds.), Politics UK (398-432). (10th ed.). Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/9781003028574

The House of Commons has its origins in the thirteenth century. At various times, it has played a powerful role in the affairs of the nation. Its most consistent activity has been to check the executive power. For the House of Commons, though, the de... Read More about The house of commons at work.

Ministers, departments and civil servants (2021)
Book Chapter
Norton, P. (2021). Ministers, departments and civil servants. In B. Jones, P. Norton, & I. Hertner (Eds.), Politics UK (504-526). (10th ed.). Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/9781003028574

Departments form the building blocks of British government. The capacity for ministers to determine policy has been increasingly constrained by external pressures, but ministers remain significant players in policy-making. The number of civil servant... Read More about Ministers, departments and civil servants.

Just, Reasonable Multiculturalism : Liberalism, Culture and Coercion (2021)
Book
Cohen-Almagor, R. (2021). Just, Reasonable Multiculturalism : Liberalism, Culture and Coercion. Cambridge University Press (CUP). https://doi.org/10.1017/9781108567213

In Just Reasonable, Multiculturalism, Cohen-Almagor develops a comprehensive theory that tackles three major attacks on multiculturalism: that it is bad for democracy, that it is bad for women, and that it promotes terrorism, aiming to show that libe... Read More about Just, Reasonable Multiculturalism : Liberalism, Culture and Coercion.

The core executive: The Prime Minister and Cabinet (2021)
Book Chapter
Norton, P. (2021). The core executive: The Prime Minister and Cabinet. In B. Jones, P. Norton, & I. Hertner (Eds.), Politics UK (484-503). (10th ed.). Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/9781003028574

The Prime Minister and Cabinet came to form the heart of government – the core executive – in the United Kingdom. The emergence of a powerful Prime Minister and Cabinet was marked in the nineteenth century. In the eighteenth century the person holdin... Read More about The core executive: The Prime Minister and Cabinet.

The changing constitution (2021)
Book Chapter
Norton, P. (2021). The changing constitution. In B. Jones, P. Norton, & I. Hertner (Eds.), Politics UK (348-373). Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/9781003028574

Demands for reform of the constitution grew. Many of those demands were met by the Labour Government elected in May 1997, with major changes being made to the constitutional framework of the country. Less expectedly, more constitutional change took p... Read More about The changing constitution.

The house of commons under pressure (2021)
Book Chapter
Norton, P. (2021). The house of commons under pressure. In B. Jones, P. Norton, & I. Hertner (Eds.), Politics UK (434-448). (10th ed.). Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/9781003028574

The House of Commons fulfils a range of functions, but its capacity to do so effectively has been the subject of controversy. Members of Parliament (MPs) are called on to carry out the functions of the House of Commons. The increase in demands on MPs... Read More about The house of commons under pressure.

Bullying, Cyberbullying, and Parental Responsibility (2021)
Journal Article
Cohen-Almagor, R. (2021). Bullying, Cyberbullying, and Parental Responsibility. International Journal of Smart Security Technologies, 8(2), Article 1. https://doi.org/10.4018/ijsst.2021070101

This paper is concerned with the social ills of bullying and cyberbullying that might lead to suicide especially when adolescents are involved. First, I explain the two concepts. It is noted that people with monoamine oxidase-A (MAOA) have propensity... Read More about Bullying, Cyberbullying, and Parental Responsibility.

Genuine, principled and tactical compromise (2021)
Journal Article
Cohen-Almagor, R. (2021). Genuine, principled and tactical compromise. Studia Iuridica Lublinensia, 30(2), 11-31. https://doi.org/10.17951/sil.2021.30.2.11-31

This essay addresses the concept of compromise. When compromise takes place between two or more parties, reciprocity must be present; that is, the concessions are mutual. Genuine compromise is based on mutual respect and on genuine concessions betwee... Read More about Genuine, principled and tactical compromise.