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DEC 18, 2008 Journal

Norms, Minorities, and Collective Choice Online

Building on case studies of Wikipedia and the Daily Kos, this essay argues that different kinds of rules shape relations between members of the majority ...

DEC 18, 2008 Journal

On Promoting Democracy [Full Text]

The first question that we have to ask about promoting democracy is the question of agency: Who are the promoters? Most recent arguments have focused ...

CREDIT: <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/steviezj/248886048/">Stephen Jones</a> (<a href="http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/deed.en">CC</a>).

DEC 18, 2008 Article

Policy Innovations Digital Magazine (2006-2016): Innovations: The New Science of Sustainable Dynamics

The concept of sustainability is used as a policy guide today, but beyond this important sense of applied ethics sustainability must also become a science.

Photo by <a href="http://flickr.com/photos/mybigtrip/6111406/">Natmandu</a> (<a href="http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/2.0/deed.en">CC</a>).

DEC 18, 2008 Article

Policy Innovations Digital Magazine (2006-2016): Briefings: Time Out

As vital as it has become to modern life, keeping track of Coordinated Universal Time is no mean feat.

DEC 18, 2008 Journal

Briefly Noted

This section contains a round-up of recent notable books in the field of international affairs.

DEC 18, 2008 Journal

Targeting Civilians in War, and Killing Civilians: Method, Madness and Morality in War [Double Review]

Given the moral stigma and its supposed dubious effectiveness, why does the targeting of civilians occur? Both authors contribute to the still nascent mapping of ...

DEC 18, 2008 Journal

International Justice in Rwanda and the Balkans: Virtual Trials and the Struggle for State Cooperation by Victor Peskin

Peskin's analysis focuses on "virtual trials": the battles by ad hoc criminal tribunals to secure state cooperation in the enforcement of international law. Concentrating on ...

DEC 18, 2008 Journal

After Anarchy: Legitimacy and Power in the United Nations Security Council by Ian Hurd

Hurd argues that perceptions of legitimacy undergird how states act, both vis-à-vis one another and in relation to international institutions; in other words, legitimacy ...

DEC 18, 2008 Journal

Theory of World Security by Ken Booth

Booth aims to illuminate a "New 20 Years' Crisis" that global society is now entering. His central thesis is that in order to respond, we need ...

DEC 18, 2008 Journal

Apology, Forgiveness, and Moral Repair

These works provide a rich introduction to some of the processes needed in transitions from injustices to more humane relationships. They address different levels of ...