Essays

What Does ‘Sustainable Development’ Mean?

Luke Godfrey • Oct 12 2012 • Essays

Over the past 20 years sustainable development has risen to the forefront of environmental strategy, but despite its profile there is little agreement over its precise meaning.

The Medical Gaze Between the Doctor, the Patient, and the State

Zeynep Balcioglu • Oct 11 2012 • Essays

Implementation of neoliberal policies in Turkey’s health sector binds both the doctors and the patients to perform as homo-economicuses, strategically structuring their relationship.

Should Multicultural Societies Institutionalise a Form of Group Recognition?

Dionne Fitzgerald • Oct 11 2012 • Essays

Multicultural societies should not institutionalize a form of group recognition, as it is unjust to expect an individual to respect a particular culture when their lifestyle or principles are attacked by that culture.

The Importance of Ideas in Foreign Policy

Matthew Bamber • Oct 11 2012 • Essays

‘Ideas’ analysis highlights the role of social discourse in constituting the national interest, and how this changes the national interest across time and space.

Hamas and Iran: Nationalism and Islam

David Donaldson • Oct 10 2012 • Essays

Islam provides a strong rhetorical tool for furthering national political projects, providing as it does an empty vessel on many of the questions relevant to the contemporary political world.

Evaluating the Participatory Development Programme in Egypt

Abdelfatah Ibrahim • Oct 9 2012 • Essays

Despite the weaknesses of the programme, it has contributed to urban poverty reduction in some of the most well-known informal areas in Egypt, achieving many tangible results.

What Makes Post-Conflict Situations Particularly Susceptible to Corruption?

Kathryn Harvey • Oct 9 2012 • Essays

Broadly speaking, a combination of weak societal structures, fragile governmental institutions and unstable economic systems contribute to creating a chaotic environment conducive to corruption.

The Role of Progress in Mill’s Argument in ‘On Liberty’?

Luke Corden • Oct 8 2012 • Essays

While progress does have a role in ‘On Liberty’, it is significantly less than the role of liberty. Used to underpin Mill’s argument, progress is treated as a value-laden principle, erected to justify liberal ideology.

The Implications of The Rise of China on Australian Foreign Policy

Wayne McLean • Oct 6 2012 • Essays

The key implication of the rise of China is how to manage the new regional order, one in which Australia has an advantage in resources, but is disadvantaged as a regional outsider

‘Operation Artemis’: The efficiency of EU peacekeeping in The Congo

Michael Koenig • Oct 5 2012 • Essays

Operation Artemis illustrates that the EU has the capabilities to successfully execute mandates, if the EU member states are willing and agree upon foreign policy actions.

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