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Internet Crime Enabling: Stalking and Cyberstalking (2022)
Journal Article
Cohen-Almagor, R., & Trottier, D. (2022). Internet Crime Enabling: Stalking and Cyberstalking. Lecture Notes in Networks and Systems, 439 LNNS, 843-859. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-98015-3_57

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.

Internet Crime Enabling: Stalking and Cyberstalking (2022)
Conference Proceeding
Cohen-Almagor, R., & Trottier, D. (2022). Internet Crime Enabling: Stalking and Cyberstalking. In Advances in Information and Communication. FICC 2022 (843–859). https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-98015-3_57

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). Champaign Illinois: 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). London: 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.

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.

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. (in press). Development banks as instruments of Brazilian strategic diplomacy. Contemporary Politics, 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.

Just, Reasonable Multiculturalism : Liberalism, Culture and Coercion (2021)
Book
Cohen-Almagor, R. (2021). Just, Reasonable Multiculturalism : Liberalism, Culture and Coercion. Cambridge: 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.

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.

Stockholm and the Israeli-Palestinian peace process: interview with State Secretary for Foreign Affairs Annika Söder (2021)
Journal Article
Cohen-Almagor, R. (2021). Stockholm and the Israeli-Palestinian peace process: interview with State Secretary for Foreign Affairs Annika Söder. Israel affairs, 27(4), 732-749. https://doi.org/10.1080/13537121.2021.1940562

This interview with Swedish State Secretary for Foreign Affairs Annika Söder (2014–19) discusses her involvement in the Israeli-Palestinian peace process, and Sweden’s relationships with Israel and the Palestinian Authority. The interview assesses th... Read More about Stockholm and the Israeli-Palestinian peace process: interview with State Secretary for Foreign Affairs Annika Söder.

The UK and Covid-19 (2021)
Book Chapter
Tyler, C. (2021). The UK and Covid-19. In J. N. Pieterse, H. Lim, & H. Khondker (Eds.), Covid-19 and Governance: Crisis Reveals (125-138). Abingdon: Taylor & Francis (Routledge)

This chapter explores the institutional and ideological tensions that shape the United Kingdom (UK) government’s responses to the Covid-19 pandemic. The discussion is structured as follows. Section one presents the UK government’s response to the pan... Read More about The UK and Covid-19.

The Conservative Nation Redivivus? (2021)
Journal Article
Norton, P. (2021). The Conservative Nation Redivivus?. The Political quarterly, 92(3), 420-427. https://doi.org/10.1111/1467-923X.13007

This article addresses the relationship between Andrew Gamble's study of the Conservative nation and his more recent advocacy of a social democratic constitution. It argues that the former—the nature of the Conservative Party, mobilising support succ... Read More about The Conservative Nation Redivivus?.

Freedom of Expression v. Social Responsibility on the Internet: Vivi Down Association v. Google (2021)
Journal Article
Cohen-Almagor, R., & Stamile, N. (2021). Freedom of Expression v. Social Responsibility on the Internet: Vivi Down Association v. Google. Seattle Journal of Technology, Environmental & Innovation Law, 11(2), 350-389

The aim of the article is to reflect on Google’s social responsibility by analyzing a milestone court decision, Vivi Down Association v. Google, that took place in Italy, involving the posting of an offensive video clip on Google Video. It was a land... Read More about Freedom of Expression v. Social Responsibility on the Internet: Vivi Down Association v. Google.

Can group rights justify the denial of education to children? The Amish in the United States as a case study (2021)
Journal Article
Cohen-Almagor, R. (2021). Can group rights justify the denial of education to children? The Amish in the United States as a case study. SN Social Sciences, 1(7), Article 164. https://doi.org/10.1007/s43545-021-00133-6

Multiculturalism gives preference to group rights over individual rights. This may challenge democratic values. This paper focuses on the Amish denial of education from their adolescents. Criticizing Wisconsin v. Yoder (Wisconsin v. Yoder 406 U.S. 20... Read More about Can group rights justify the denial of education to children? The Amish in the United States as a case study.

Governing with multiple policy instrument types? (2021)
Book Chapter
Moore, B., Benson, D., Jordan, A., Wurzel, R. K. W., & Zito, A. (2021). Governing with multiple policy instrument types?. In A. Jordan, & V. Gravey (Eds.), Environmental Policy in the EU Actors, Institutions and Processes. (4th). Abingdon: Routledge

The EU’s role in determining the overall goals of environmental policy is widely known and well understood. However, its role in determining the choice and use of implementing instruments at EU and national levels is not as well understood. Despite c... Read More about Governing with multiple policy instrument types?.

The Council, European Council and Member States (2021)
Book Chapter
Wurzel, R. K. (2021). The Council, European Council and Member States. In A. Jordan, & V. Gravey (Eds.), Environmental Policy in the EU Actors, Institutions and Processes, 4th edition (75-92). Abingdon: Routledge

Member states shape EU policy by working within the Council of the European Union (or 'Council' for short). The Council is thus a central player in EU decision making. There are different Council formations (made up of ministers responsible for parti... Read More about The Council, European Council and Member States.