SECURITIZATION OF NATIONAL INTERESTS In the decades following the end of the cold war‚ the field of security studies has seen new ways of thinking about international security. Dominant paradigms have been challenged by academics unsatisfied with existing concepts‚ looking to explain security in a transformed and globalized world. Primarily‚ they sought to move security studies beyond theories that recognized only military threats as challenges to State security. One leading approach to conceptualizing
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Black on Black Violence & Injustice of the Death Penalty Case Black on black violence has been on the rise in the recent years. 1 in 146 black males are at risk of violent death‚ whereas the ratio for white men is 1 in 189. What do we mean by “Black on Black crime?” It may be described as anytime a Black person inflicts violent harm on another Black person. The effects of this violence in the Black community are tremendous. Violence is very much part of what it means to be Black in America
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ANALYSIS OF CHINA’S NATIONAL INTERESTS BY DR. YAN XUE-TONG 1 Acknowledgment The English version of Analysis of China’s National Interests is a result of many people’s contribution. Professor Monte Bullard deserves profound thanks. He initiated the translation project when I presented him this book at the Monterey Institute of International Studies in 1998 when he served as the Director of the East Asia Nonproliferation Project there. He raised funds for the translation and did the English
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1 Public Interest Litigation is a good thing when it is used to enforce the rights of the disadvantaged. But it has now been diluted to interfere with the power of the government to take decisions on a range of policy matters Judicial activism is not an easy concept to define. It means different things to different persons. Critics denounce judicial decisions as activist when they do not agree with them. Activism‚ like beauty‚ is often in the eye of the beholder. In India‚ the opening up of access
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Assessment 1: Explore the significance of special interest tourism as part of the tourism product of a destination of your choice. According to Read (1980)‚ in Hall and Weiler (1992)‚ the conceptualization of the term ‘Special Interest Tourism’ (SIT) emerged during the 1980s and can be seen as the predecessor of ‘Niche Tourism’. Early discussion of SIT set the context for the development of niche tourism markets‚ and was seen to be a prime force associated with the expansion of tourism and the
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the primary goal of this brief article to differentiate the concepts of self-interest and selfishness: to praise the concept of self-interest as the catalyst of moral action‚ therefore worthy of admiration; and thus to admonish selfishness as the instigator which often leads to immorality and inconsiderate hedonism. Consequently‚ containing these two sentiments from one another in order to redeem the term self-interest and to specify its appropriateness becomes an intellectual
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our society‚ nothing truly makes one person completely unique from a group of people that share the same interest. But when the reason or motivation behind that interest is analyzed‚ a person becomes defined in an essential way. Ever since I was a little girl‚ I wanted to be a doctor. My passion for becoming a health care professional‚ who serves for the betterment of people in our society‚ has influenced my whole life. My interest in healthcare was sparked by the experiences I had with my uncle. My
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Representation of Interests Matrix and Paper By: Robert Alcocer POL/433 November 26‚ 2012 Instructor: King E. Carter Within Public Policy there are different interests that are affected once the issue has been brought forward to the government by citizens who are sending e-mails‚ or telephone calls advising of the issues that are affecting society‚ what the citizens do not know is that with every issue within public policy that has to be passed by the government and attempted to get resolved
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Vidura Scott Dr. Reubensaal Political Science 1 1 December‚ 2012 Direct Interests Of The People An elected representative in a democratic society should directly represent the views of the people who he was elected by. The best statement that describes this role would be “...as your duly elected representative‚ it is my responsibility to vote your wishes and not my opinion.” as opposed to a statement such as: “I will be
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Public-Interest Litigation (PIL‚ or जनहित याचिका) is litigation for the protection of the public interest. In Indian law‚ Article 32 of the Indian constitution contains a tool which directly joints the public with judiciary. A PIL may be introduced in a court of law by the court itself (suo motu)‚ rather than the aggrieved party or another third party. For the exercise of the court’s jurisdiction‚ it is not necessary for the victim of the violation of his or her rights to personally approach the
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