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International law and international politics are closely linked. Despite this, the phenomena are most often studied in isolation, not only within the sub-fields of e.g. International Law and International Politics but also within multi- or interdisciplinary fields such as Global Studies, International Studies, International Relations, Peace and Conflict Studies, Peace as well as Peace and Development Studies. This is an unfortunate state of affairs, as the understanding of today's increasingly globalized international society then becomes compartmentalized and, by extension, fractured and incomplete. The starting point in this book is that international law must be understood in its political context and that international politics must be understood in its legal context. With the ultimate aim of seeking to understand law and politics in the current international society, this book contains theoretical discussions of the entanglements between law and politics as well as analyses of a number of international political and legal issues. The book not only introduces the most productive theories of international law and politics existing today, but it also seeks to integrate some of them into a multi-disciplinary framework to study law and politics in the current international society. The book also introduces a method for practical legal problem-solving: "the method of social welfare". More detailed analyses are provided of, among other things, (the differences between) American and European foreign policy, human rights, humanitarian intervention and the responsibility to protect. The various issues are analyzed from historical, contemporary and forward-looking perspectives

Using data from the 1966 election study by the Survey Res Center at the U of Michigan, this paper develops a typology of leadership, compares the types, examines the proportion of leaders in various subpop's, & discusses their potential for affecting pol'al outcomes. Those who discuss pol, 37% of the electorate, are from higher educ'al & occup'al levels than non-leaders, & rank higher on pol'al information, participation, interest, & efficacy measures. They also split tickets more & change parties between elections more. Interpersonal COMM may be of considerable signif even if 'leaders' talk only to other leaders. As they influence followers, their signif multiplies. AA.

In an interview study of the leaders of major US institutions, 545 R's identified the newspapers, columnists, magazines, & professional journals they read. R's were holders of top positions in: industrial & nonindustrial corporations, labor unions, Congress, federal departments & agencies (both political appointees & high civil servants), political parties, voluntary associations, mass media, plus the very wealthy. Sizable proportions of every group except the geographically dispersed political party leaders read The New York Times. Next in popularity are the Wall Street Journal & the Washington Post. Very heavy magazine readership (both regular & occasional) is reported, especially the 3 newsweeklies. Business leaders, labor leaders, & the wealthy read business publications; Senators & Representatives concentrate on the newsweeklies; media executives & professions are more apt than others to read magazines with a literary-cultural orientation; few members of any group read ideological political magazines or scientific publications. Each R answered over 50 items on his/her political opinions, & these were factor analyzed to derive 5 attitude scales. There are consistent correlations between sociopolitical opinions & reported reading. Reading The New York Times, Washington Post, & "intellectual" magazines is significantly correlated with liberal opinions. Reading the Wall Street Journal, business, general, & news magazines is significantly correlated with more conservative opinions. R matrices were run within each sector & showed the same pattern. Each R was asked which single national issue he had been most actively involved with recently, & which sources of information about that issue he had found most valuable. In 85% of the cases the issue named was work related, an issue on which the R was a high-echelon insider. Leaders in most sectors name their own sector as their most significant source of information, through reports, personal contact, hearings, house organs, etc. Media executives & those who do not name their own institutions most frequently cite the media, & almost every sector gives the media high mention. Thus the media are the most frequently mentioned source of information for American elites. 7 Tables. AA.

Examines how the politicoeconomic & sociocultural dimensions of the international system determine the mobilization of identity politics in postcolonial & emerging states, focusing on the role of Western material & ideational influences. After the variables of these influences are defined & explained, described is why certain identities & their institution bases are altered, transformed, & ultimately selected over other competing identities in the same space. Case studies in the Islamic world (Iran, Algeria, Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, & Kyrgyzstan) of antistatist social mobilization show that the homogenization effect of the international system may be overrated, &, despite the pervasiveness of Western cultural & economic practices, nonsecular identities often replace secular ones because of international pressures & collapsing secular states. Further study of the international effects on states undergoing macroeconomic restructuring, the consequences of capital flight, & former Cold War client states cut off from aid is advocated. Adapted from the source document.

"Politics of Violence uses ex-militant testimonies from Cyprus and Italy to explore the ways in which political violence is political, the functionality of violence, and the post-conflict consolidation of political authority"--