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A whole world: the personal is the global (2011)
Journal Article
Beyer, C. (2011). A whole world: the personal is the global. Journal of spirituality and paranormal studies, 34(1), 48 - 58

A truly holist worldview would indicate that indeed all personal actions and perceptions are experienced and interact in a logical way with a fully structured, interdependent world. Every personal action, feeling and thought is reflected and responde... Read More about A whole world: the personal is the global.

Gender and Security (2010)
Book Chapter
Kennedy, C., & Kennedy-Pipe, C. (2010). Gender and Security. In Contemporary Security Studies (106 - 120). (2nd). Oxford University Press

Provides broad coverage of contemporary security studies, giving lecturers the flexibility to use the text in a way that supports their module. Assumes no background knowledge and makes effective use of learning features, making it accessible to stud... Read More about Gender and Security.

Necessity as the mother of intervention: The industrial policy debate in England (2010)
Journal Article
Lee, S. (2010). Necessity as the mother of intervention: The industrial policy debate in England. Local Economy, 25(8), 622-630. https://doi.org/10.1080/02690942.2010.533421

This article seeks to demonstrate two simple points about industrial policy in England. First, industrial policy matters, but if there is to be an effective and fruitful debate about industrial policy, it must not be insular. It must be located withi... Read More about Necessity as the mother of intervention: The industrial policy debate in England.

Environmental, climate and energy policies: Path-dependent incrementalism or quantum leap? (2010)
Journal Article
Wurzel, R. K. (2010). Environmental, climate and energy policies: Path-dependent incrementalism or quantum leap?. German Politics, 19(3-4), 460-478. https://doi.org/10.1080/09644008.2010.515838

The Grand Coalition's ability to induce significant environmental policy changes was constrained by a 'dual path dependency'. First, environmental policy has developed into a relatively consensual policy field in Germany although there are also some... Read More about Environmental, climate and energy policies: Path-dependent incrementalism or quantum leap?.

Towards a new world order for climate change: China and the European Union's leadership ambition (2010)
Book Chapter
Dai, X., & Diao, Z. (2010). Towards a new world order for climate change: China and the European Union's leadership ambition. In R. Wurzel, & J. Connelly (Eds.), The European Union as a leader in international climate change politics (252-268). Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/9780203839959

Traditional Chinese thinking holds that human development and nature are in ‘one’ (harmony, or ). The notion of harmony between nature and society suggests that the ancient Chinese were already aware of the importance of the ecological system to huma... Read More about Towards a new world order for climate change: China and the European Union's leadership ambition.

Environmental NGOs Taking a lead? (2010)
Book Chapter
Connelly, J., & Wurzel, R. K. (2010). Environmental NGOs Taking a lead?. In R. Wurzel, & J. Connelly (Eds.), The European Union as a Leader in Climate Change (214-231). Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/9780203839959

The European Environmental Bureau (EEB), which set up its offi ce in Brussels in 1974, remained for more than a decade the only major environmental non-governmental organisation (ENGO) focusing primarily on European Union (EU) environmental policy. I... Read More about Environmental NGOs Taking a lead?.

Introduction: European Union political leadership in international climate change politics (2010)
Book Chapter
Connelly, J., & Wurzel, R. K. (2010). Introduction: European Union political leadership in international climate change politics. In R. Wurzel, & J. Connelly (Eds.), The European Union as a leader in international climate change politics (3-20). Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/9780203839959

At the beginning of the twenty-first century, few still doubt that climate change poses one of the biggest challenges facing humankind. Certainly, the European Union (EU) and most of its Member States have made climate change a major political priori... Read More about Introduction: European Union political leadership in international climate change politics.

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.