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Responsibility of and trust in ISPs (2010)
Journal Article
Cohen-Almagor, R. (2010). Responsibility of and trust in ISPs. Knowledge in society, 23(3-4), 381-397. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12130-010-9119-3

This discussion is about the neglected concepts of trust and social responsibility on the Internet. I will discuss and explain the concepts and their implications to people and society. I then address the issue of moral and social responsibilities of... Read More about Responsibility of and trust in ISPs.

The liberal Hegelianism of Edward Caird: or, how to transcend the social economics of Kant and the romantics (2010)
Journal Article
Tyler, C. (2010). The liberal Hegelianism of Edward Caird: or, how to transcend the social economics of Kant and the romantics. International Journal of Social Economics, 37(11), 852-866. https://doi.org/10.1108/03068291011082829

Purpose: The paper establishes that Edward Caird developed a distinctive form of liberal Hegelianism out of his critical responses to Kant, the romantic tradition of Rousseau, Goethe and Wordsworth and indeed Hegel himself. Design/methodology/approac... Read More about The liberal Hegelianism of Edward Caird: or, how to transcend the social economics of Kant and the romantics.

The OECD and economic governance: Invisibility and impotence? (2010)
Book Chapter
Woodward, R. (2010). The OECD and economic governance: Invisibility and impotence?. In K. Martens, & A. P. Jakobi (Eds.), Mechanisms of OECD Governance: International Incentives for National Policy-Making? (53-74). Oxford: Oxford University Press. https://doi.org/10.1093/acprof%3Aoso/9780199591145.003.0003

Chapter 3 sketches the OECD's role in economic governance, in particular the pursuit of its obligation to promote policies which maximize economic growth. While the OECD's work in the economic field evolves, its mechanisms of economic governance have... Read More about The OECD and economic governance: Invisibility and impotence?.

Evironmental Policies: Green Europe (2010)
Book Chapter
Wurzel, R. (2010). Evironmental Policies: Green Europe. In Which Europe? The Politics of Differentiated European Integration (265 - 278). Palgrave Macmillan

Pakistan's nuclear weapons programme: Past and future (2010)
Book Chapter
Chakma, B. (2010). Pakistan's nuclear weapons programme: Past and future. In O. Njølstad (Ed.), Nuclear Proliferation and International Order: Challenges to the Non-proliferation Treaty (26-38). Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/9780203844823

The Pakistan government launched a nuclear power programme in the mid1950s. At the time of launching the programme, there was no evidence that it intended to build nuclear weapons. In the 1960s, however, Pakistani attitude towards nuclear weapons mod... Read More about Pakistan's nuclear weapons programme: Past and future.

Politics UK (2010)
Book
Jones, B., & Lord Norton of Louth, P. (2010). Politics UK. Pearson

Politics UK is an indispensible introduction to British politics,providing a thorough and accessible overview of the institutions and processes of British government, a good grounding in British political history, and an incisive introduction to the... Read More about Politics UK.

The post-colonial state and minorities: ethnocide in the Chittagong Hill Tracts, Bangladesh (2010)
Journal Article
Chakma, B. (2010). The post-colonial state and minorities: ethnocide in the Chittagong Hill Tracts, Bangladesh. Commonwealth and Comparative Politics, 48(3), 281-300. https://doi.org/10.1080/14662043.2010.489746

This paper argues that ethnocide in post-colonial states can be located in the interplay of three processes: (1) nation-building and development visions of the bureaucratic state; (2) the struggle for autonomy by the minorities; and (3) militarised p... Read More about The post-colonial state and minorities: ethnocide in the Chittagong Hill Tracts, Bangladesh.

Re-enchanting the world: The role of imagination in perception (2010)
Journal Article
Lennon, K. (2010). Re-enchanting the world: The role of imagination in perception. Philosophy : the journal of the British Institute of Philosophical Studies, 85(3), 375-389. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0031819110000239

This paper defends what the philosopher Merleau Ponty coins 'the imaginary texture of the real'. It is suggested that the imagination is at work in the everyday world which we perceive, the world as it is for us. In defending this view a concept of t... Read More about Re-enchanting the world: The role of imagination in perception.

Structural roots of violence in the Chittagong Hill Tracts (2010)
Journal Article
Chakma, B. (2010). Structural roots of violence in the Chittagong Hill Tracts. Economic and Political Weekly, 45(12), 19-21

The continued violence in the Chittagong Hill Tracts of Bangladesh is rooted in the state's policy of erasing the ethnic identity of the indigenous people and usurping their land for settling Bengali-speaking populations. In this, Bangladesh has foll... Read More about Structural roots of violence in the Chittagong Hill Tracts.

The British Polity (2010)
Book
Lord Norton of Louth, P. (2010). The British Polity. Longman

Offering an insider's analysis, Philip Norton examines the debates surrounding Britain's political history and culture, constitution, parties and elections, branches of government, media, and relations with the European Union. Throughout, The British... Read More about The British Polity.

Is Brazilian capitalism at an institutional equilibrium? A varieties of capitalism approach (2010)
Journal Article
Doctor, M. (2010). Is Brazilian capitalism at an institutional equilibrium? A varieties of capitalism approach. Desenvolvimento em Debate, 1(1), 50-69

Given that Brazilian capitalism does not fit any single ideal type variety of capitalism, the article discusses whether Brazilian capitalism is still evolving towards an ideal type or whether it is already at a hybrid institutional equilibrium. The a... Read More about Is Brazilian capitalism at an institutional equilibrium? A varieties of capitalism approach.