Nation-Building US and UN Style
In: Militaire spectator: MS ; maanblad ; waarin opgen. de officie͏̈le mededelingen van de Koninkl. Landmacht en de Koninkl. Luchtmacht, Band 174, Heft 9, S. 396-397
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In: Militaire spectator: MS ; maanblad ; waarin opgen. de officie͏̈le mededelingen van de Koninkl. Landmacht en de Koninkl. Luchtmacht, Band 174, Heft 9, S. 396-397
ISSN: 0026-3869
In: Res publica: politiek-wetenschappelijk tijdschrift van de Lage Landen ; driemaandelijks tijdschrift, Band 19, Heft 1, S. 5-22
ISSN: 0486-4700
Most theorists on international relations agree on recognizing natural resources, economic strength, technological development, political stability, & military strength as the five bases of a state's power. This unanimity is in sharp contrast with the divergences in the operationalizations of the power of states. Most operationalizations use only one or two bases of a state's power & thus are very limited in scope. Therefore, the demand for an operationalization sticking as closely as possible to the unanimity among theorists forces itself on the researcher. An attempt is made to transform the theoretical unanimity into an operational measure. Each power basis represented by partial indicators is listed: (1) natural resources--area, population, production of energy, (2) economic strength--gross national product, energy consumption, monetary stability, (3) technological development--level of alphabetization, number of students in higher education, scientific production & infrastructure, (4) political stability--length of independence, internal stability, & (5) military strength--number of men in the armed forces, conventional weapons, nuclear strength. The operationalization was obtained by granting all five power bases an equal share in the index & by giving an equal weight to the sums of the arithmetical values for fifteen partial indicators & thus, for the five indicators. The nation's power-index, thus obtained, was applied to 110 nation states as they existed at the beginning of the '70s. On this power scale, ratings differ from 29,046 indexpoints of world power (IWM) for the US to 276 IWM for Gambia & even less for a number of the smaller states that could not be investigated. Modified HA.
In: Res publica: politiek-wetenschappelijk tijdschrift van de Lage Landen ; driemaandelijks tijdschrift, Band 51, Heft 2, S. 271-283
ISSN: 0486-4700
A review essay on books by (1) Louis Emmerij, Richard Jolly, & Thomas G. Weiss, Ahead of the Curve? UN Ideas and Global Challenges (Bloomington & Indianapolis: Indiana U Press, 2001); & (2) Thomas G. Weiss, Tatiana Carayannis, Louis Emmerij, & Richard Jolly, UN Voices. The Struggle for Development and Social Justice (Bloomington & Indianapolis: Indiana U Press, 2005).
In: Res publica: politiek-wetenschappelijk tijdschrift van de Lage Landen ; driemaandelijks tijdschrift, Band 47, Heft 1, S. 5-18
ISSN: 0486-4700
In: Studia diplomatica: Brussels journal of international relations, Band 56, Heft 5, S. 37-58
ISSN: 0770-2965
Prospective member states of the European Union (EU) need to achieve a free market economy. This article provides a review of the thorough & fairly quick conversion of the economies of the New Member States (NMS). Between 1990-94, however, the Gross Domestic Product (GDP) of the NMS decreased dramatically. Afterwards, the situation improved, mainly due to EU policies to facilitate the accession process. This process was based on 3 principles: establishment of a free trade zone between the EU & each of the NMS, acceptance of & compliance with the EU Acquis Communautaire, & financial & administrative aid to NMS. Furthermore, the article describes the economic, monetary, & budgetary implications of joining the EU. Finally, the article describes the socioeconomic situation in the NMS before the actual accession. 6 Tables, 19 References. A. Michaux
In: Sociologie: tijdschrift, Band 1, Heft 1, S. 31-51
ISSN: 1875-7138
In: Internationale spectator, Band 45, Heft 2, S. 86-92
ISSN: 0020-9317
World Affairs Online
In: Acta politica: AP ; international journal of political science ; official journal of the Dutch Political Science Association (Nederlandse Kring voor Wetenschap der Politiek), Band 22, Heft 1, S. 115-120
ISSN: 0001-6810
In: KWALON: Tijdschrift voor Kwalitatief Onderzoek, Band 21, Heft 1
ISSN: 1875-7324
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The aim of this paper is to provide an overview of the 'state of the art of QDA or CAQDAS software. The author uses Kahneman's ideas about slow and fast thinking as a framework. Slow thinking in the context of CAQDAS is related to researcher driven analysis and fast thinking to tool- and data driven analysis. The paper is divided into two parts. In the first part, the author describes trends and new developments and in the second part, she offers a critical appraisal.
In: Militaire spectator: MS ; maanblad ; waarin opgen. de officie͏̈le mededelingen van de Koninkl. Landmacht en de Koninkl. Luchtmacht, Band 183, Heft 2, S. 80-86
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In: Tijdschrift voor genderstudies, Band 24, Heft 3/4, S. 296-314
ISSN: 2352-2437
In: Studia diplomatica: Brussels journal of international relations, Band 54, Heft 3, S. 103-116
ISSN: 0770-2965
The political map of Europe was transformed by the collapse of the Soviet Union & the reunification of Germany, ending four decades of stability & leading to new political configurations: the emergence of the independent Baltic states -- Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania -- with regional links not only to neighboring Russia but to Western Europe as well. The recent political history of the Baltic states is summarized, from their interwar independence to the Molotov-Ribbentrop Pact & their renewed independence in the early 1990s. Also discussed are postindependence demographic & social problems & prospects in the Baltics: the presence of large Russian minorities, language tests for citizenship, & the states' aspirations for European Union membership. The European Union has tried to serve as go-between for the region, & there are especially close & positive ties between the Baltic states & the Nordic countries. A. Siegel
In: KWALON: Tijdschrift voor Kwalitatief Onderzoek, Band 12, Heft 3
ISSN: 1875-7324
In het voorwoord wordt vermeld dat deze bundel met tien verhalen veel meer is dan een verzameling willekeurige artikelen. Samen met andere deskundigen hebben Hak en Wester beschouwingen geselecteerd over recent afstudeer- en promotieonderzoek, waarin de praktijk van het onderzoek doen centraal staat. Ik ben benieuwd welke selectiecriteria zij hebben gebruikt om op deze groep uiteindelijk gekozen onderzoekers aandacht te vestigen, maar kan deze helaas nergens vinden. Waarom zijn juist deze verhalen gekozen? Wat maakt deze onderzoekers bijzonder? Waarin onderscheiden zij zich van anderen?
In: Acta politica: AP ; international journal of political science ; official journal of the Dutch Political Science Association (Nederlandse Kring voor Wetenschap der Politiek), Band 31, Heft 2, S. 190-192
ISSN: 0001-6810
In: KWALON: Tijdschrift voor Kwalitatief Onderzoek, Band 14, Heft 1
ISSN: 1875-7324
Op 28 november 2008 organiseerde het Netwerk Kwalitatief Onderzoek het symposium 'Mixed methods. A state of the art'. Bijna tweehonderd onderzoekers kwamen bijeen in Amsterdam en hoorden de interessante en gevarieerde presentaties. Het symposium ging over theoretische aspecten en over toepassingen van de gecombineerde methodebenadering. Er werd veel gelachen en hard geapplaudisseerd; er was herkenning onder de bezoekers van ervaringen van hard werk, onbegrip van collega-onderzoekers maar ook van de wederzijdse inspiratie binnen interdisciplinaire teams.