Global Ethics

Bringing Power to Justice: Rawls Contra Marx and Foucault

Fraser Logan • Jan 24 2017 • Essays

Power is brought to justice without violating Rawls’s assumptions, specifically Marxian and Foucauldian power, through Lukes’ three-dimensional framework.

An Analysis of the Indian Further Education System Regarding Gender Inequality

Katy Edwards • Jan 13 2017 • Essays

Gender inequality in India’s further education system is investigated through the variables of transition rates, subjects chosen, literacy rates and early marriage.

From Mythification to Eurocentrism: The Academic Colour Line

Loïc Bisson • Jan 12 2017 • Essays

Due to its inherent eurocentrism IR reproduces a limited Western perception of the world unfit to explain non-Western realities.

When to Hire a Hitman: A Theoretical Framework for Just Assassination

Heather Van Hull • Dec 5 2016 • Essays

With the exponential rise of civilian casualties in modern warfare, political assassination could serve as an effective, more ‘humane’ means of humanitarian intervention.

Peacebuilding in and beyond the European Union

Nadezhda Trichkova • Dec 5 2016 • Essays

While the maturation of its praxes allowed the EU to enter the thus defined peacebuilding space, it is its unique nature that brings value to global peacebuilding.

Can Liberal Democracies Address Transnational Environmental Problems?

Oana Forestier • Nov 24 2016 • Essays

Liberal-democratic systems will not be capable of addressing contemporary transnational environmental problems unless significant reforms are undertaken.

Human Rights and the ‘ASEAN Way’: Political Barriers to Progress

Byron Nagy • Nov 16 2016 • Essays

Little progress has been made towards the realisation of human rights in ASEAN, and attempts … will continue to perform poorly.

Why Infanticide Happens Almost Exclusively to Girls and Not Boys

Mohammed Adel Chowdhury • Sep 9 2016 • Essays

The interplay of attitudes and economics within a context of poverty is presented as an explanation as to why females are almost exclusively the victims of infanticide.

“I’m Not A Feminist, But…”: Why Students Support the Cause But Not the Label

Katherine Remenyi • Sep 3 2016 • Essays

Disassociation with the feminist label despite agreeing with feminist objectives is primarily influenced by a misunderstanding of feminism, and not negative stereotypes.

Has the 2014-2015 Ebola Epidemic in West Africa Been Securitized?

Simon Allcock • Aug 30 2016 • Essays

The sociological approach to securitization is useful for understanding the Liberian and Sierra Leonean governments’ attempts to securitize the 2014-15 Ebola outbreak.

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