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This book offers a provocative retelling of Palestinian political history through an examination of the international commissions that have investigated political violence and human rights violations. More than twenty commissions have been convened over the last century, yet no significant change has resulted from these inquiries. The findings of the very first, the 1919 King-Crane Commission, were suppressed. The Mitchell Committee, convened in the heat of the Second Intifada, urged Palestinians to listen more sympathetically to the feelings of their occupiers. And factfinders returning from a shell-shocked Gaza Strip in 2008 registered their horror at the scale of the destruction, but Gazans have continued to live under a crippling blockade. Drawing on debates in the press, previously unexamined UN reports, historical archives, and ethnographic research, Lori Allen explores six key investigative commissions over the last century. She highlights how Palestinians' persistent demands for independence have been routinely translated into the numb language of reports and resolutions. These commissions, Allen argues, operating as technologies of liberal global governance, yield no justice--only the oppressive status quo. A History of False Hope issues a biting critique of the captivating allure and cold impotence of international law.

The intellectual history of policy analysis is traced from Charles Merriam's concept of "intelligent planning" (Systematic Politics, U of Chicago Press, 1945) & Harold Lasswell's vision of "policy sciences" (with Lerner, Daniel, The Policy Sciences, Stanford U Press, 1951) to the present. Lasswell's vision is seen as relevant although unrealized. It is argued that the link between policy analysis & traditional issues in political science is unbreakable. Because of this, attempts to develop an interdisciplinary policy science based on a common methodological core have led to fragmentation, not theoretical integration. The emergence of the synoptic/empirico-rational tradition & antisynoptic/neopluralist traditions in policy analysis in the 1950s & 1960s is discussed & strengths & weaknesses are identified. Divisions over values & normative theory are highlighted. Alternative views on the proper scope of policy analysis as an emerging discipline are discussed, contrasting the "handmaiden" & "ivory tower" alternatives. A six-dimension outline of a map for policy analysis as a field is presented, & the continued utility of Lasswellian concerns is emphasized, in contrast to the stalemated debate between synoptic & antisynoptic viewpoints. Modified HA.

Cover -- THE POLITICAL ECONOMY OF GROWTH -- Title -- Copyright -- Dedication -- Preface to the First Edition -- Foreword to 1962 Printing -- Contents -- ONE: A General View -- TWO: The Concept of the Economic Surplus -- THREE: Standstill and Movement Under Monopoly Capitalism, I -- FOUR: Standstill and Movement Under Monopoly Capitalism, II -- FIVE: On the Roots of Backwardness -- SIX: Towards a Morphology of Backwardness, I -- SEVEN: Towards a Morphology of Backwardness, II -- EIGHT: The Steep Ascent -- INDEX.

Alexander B. Murphy "prepared a draft of this report"--P. iv. ; "This report is a synthesis of the papers and proceedings of a workshop on geography and democratization ."--P. iii. ; Includes bibliographical references. ; Mode of access: Internet.

Intro -- CONTENTS -- LIST OF BOXES, TABLES, FIGURES AND MAPS -- Boxes -- Tables -- Figures -- Maps -- PREFACE TO THE SIXTH EDITION -- CHANGES TO THE SIXTH EDITION -- LIST OF ABBREVIATIONS -- Introduction -- Plan of the Book -- Globalization -- Part 1: Theoretical Perspectives -- 1: Theories of Global Political Economy -- Understanding the Global Political Economy -- The Economic Nationalist Perspective -- Key actors -- Key dynamics -- Conflict and cooperation -- Economic nationalism today -- The Liberal Perspective -- Key actors -- Key dynamics -- Conflict and cooperation -- Liberalism today -- The Critical Perspective -- Key actors -- Key dynamics -- Conflict and cooperation -- Critical theory today -- Contending Perspectives: A Summary -- Further Reading -- 2: International Political Economy and its Methods -- Locating the Field -- Economics -- Political science -- Political economy -- International relations -- Methodological Issues -- Case studies and large n studies -- Rational choice -- Institutionalism -- Constructivism -- Methodological debates -- Trends in Contemporary GPE Theory -- Consolidation -- Integration -- Expansion -- Approach of this Book -- Further Reading -- Part 2: Evolution -- 3: Forging a World Economy: 1400-1800 -- Regions of the World Economy -- The Middle East -- China -- India -- Africa -- The Americas -- Europe -- New patterns of trade -- Money and finance -- Rise of sovereign territorial states -- European Expansion -- Into the Americas -- The Euro-American political economy -- Along Africa: the triangular trade -- On the peripheries of Asia -- Conclusion -- Trade -- Production -- Finance -- Labour -- Gender -- Development -- Environment -- Ideas -- Security -- Governance -- Further Reading -- 4: Industry, Empire and War: 1800-1945 -- The Industrial Revolution -- What was the Industrial Revolution?.

Introduction : A wall against the wasteland -- Part one. Builders and barbarians. Midwife to civilization : wall builders at the dawn of history : the ancient Near East, 2500-500 BC -- To wall or not to wall? : Greece, 600-338 BC -- "Cries of pain and sadness" : China, 214 BC -- Wallers and warriors : life outside the walls : Eurasia, 2000 BC-AD 1800 -- Part two. The great age of walls. Prologue to the great age of walls : Alexander's gates : timeless folklore -- Walls connect Eurasia : China and central Asia, c. 100 BC -- Hadrian's walls : the Roman Empire, AD 117-38 -- Paradise lost : The Roman Empire, c. AD 300 -- Defenseless behind walls : The Roman and Byzantine Empires, AD 400-600 -- Cycles of walls and despots : China, AD 280-1600 -- Walls and the Apocalypse : Western and Central Asia, AD 500-1300 -- Part three. The world in transition. The horrible bombard : Constantinople, AD 1453 -- Beyond the pale : Ireland, Scotland, and the Russian Empire, AD 1494-c. 1800 -- Fort Brokenheart : South, Central, and North America, prehistory-AD 1800 -- Part four. A clash of symbols. The last battles : China and France, 1933-40 -- "A hell of a lot better than a war" : Berlin, 1961-89 -- Epilogue : "Love your neighbor, but don't pull down your hedge" : Earth, 1990-present.

International audience ; Etude en sciences sociales de grandes expéditions naturalistes contemporaines françaises Demmer, C. ; Faugère, E. ; Bourguet, M-N ; Dumoulin, D.; Lamy, D., Merle, I., Ollivier, G. VertigO-la revue électronique en sciences de l'environnement, Regards / Terrain, 2011, [En ligne], mis en ligne le 02 février 2011. URL : http://vertigo.revues.org/10618 1. CONTEXTE DE LA RECHERCHE Depuis les années 1980, les sciences de la nature ont lancé un cri d'alarme concernant l'érosion de la biodiversité qu'ils nomment « la 6 ème extinction des espèces ». Prenant appui sur la création du néologisme « biodiversité », relayés par les médias, certains scientifiques alertent le monde sur la responsabilité majeure des activités humaines dans l'érosion de la diversité biologique. Ils font valoir son rythme inégalé, son irréversibilité et son extension à l'ensemble des espèces vivantes tout en affirmant la nécessité de sa sauvegarde pour le bon fonctionnement des écosystèmes. Pour nombre de biologistes, la conservation de la biodiversité est aussi un enjeu patrimonial : il s'agit de préserver les témoins de l'évolution du vivant et de transmettre ce patrimoine naturel aux générations futures. Face à ces divers enjeux concernant la biodiversité, des biologistes occidentaux (en France en particulier), en complément des recherches menées en petites équipes, ont mis en oeuvre de grandes expéditions au financement important et dépassant la centaine de chercheurs. Ces nouvelles expéditions se déroulent principalement dans les pays du Sud (Vanuatu en 2006, Mozambique en 2009, Madagascar en 2010, etc.). Elles ont comme objectifs affichés d'inventorier les compartiments négligés de la biodiversité d'une région donnée (invertébrés terrestres et marins principalement), d'archiver leurs découvertes dans les collections des grands muséums d'histoire naturelle mais aussi d'alerter l'opinion et les pouvoirs publics sur cette érosion. A l'heure de profondes transformations dans l'exploitation du vivant et de débats politico-symboliques forts concernant la conformité des prospections aux principes d'équité formalisés dans la Convention sur la Diversité Biologique (CDB), de telles expéditions-même à visées uniquement scientifique et médiatique-sont attendues sur leur capacité à fournir des compensations aux pays visités. 2. DESCRIPTION DE LA RECHERCHE Notre projet pluridisciplinaire en sciences sociales (anthropologie, histoire, sociologie), financé par l'Agence Nationale de la Recherche en France, s'intéresse à la manière dont ces grandes expéditions construisent leurs savoirs sous les tropiques. Nous avons choisi d'étudier des expéditions françaises menées dans le cadre d'un projet de 10 ans

This study used case studies from three science teachers to compare three groups of students studying Grade 8 physics using Robolab instead of traditional lab materials. The three teachers represented an English as a second language class, a regular class with many English language learner students, and a Mathematics, Engineering, Science Achievement class of afterschool volunteer students. The teachers responded to nine questions regarding issues such as how robotics addresses the middle school physics standards, promotes inquiry learning and science literacy in students, increases applications and connection of science to everyday life, and provides the scaffolding for more discussion of everyday English and science academic language through the use of robotics materials and lab groups. The results indicated that robotics can promote inquiry, make physics more interesting, and help students learn and practice new words in English, among others.

New technologies and multilevel data sets that include geographic identifiers have heightened sociologists' interest in spatial analysis. I review several of the key concepts, measures, and methods that are brought into play in this work and offer examples of their application in a variety of substantive fields. I argue that the most effective use of the new tools requires greater emphasis on spatial thinking. A device as simple as an illustrative map requires some understanding of how people respond to visual cues; models as complex as hierarchical linear modeling with spatial lags require thoughtful measurement decisions and raise questions about what a spatial effect represents.