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THE TREATY OF WAITANGI IMPARTS A UNIQUE AND INDELIBLE COLOR TO MORAL, LEGAL, AND POLITICAL REASONING IN CONTEMPORARY NEW ZEALAND. MOST OBVIOUSLY, IT HAS COME TO DOMINATE THE PRACTICE OF ARGUMENT AS TO JUSTICE BETWEEN MAORI AND PAKEHA AND BETWEEN TE IWI MAORI AND THE GOVERNMENT. IN ADDITION, CERTAIN OF THE EXTENSIVE INTERPRETATIONS OF THE MEANING OF ITS PRINCIPLES HAVE FOUND APPLICATION WELL BEYOND THAT LIMITED REALM AND ARE BEING APPLIED TO LARGER, NATIONAL ISSUES.

The article chronicles public debates in New Zealand for the period 1983 through 1985 on the issue of whether or not membership of trade unions should be compulsory. It points to the victory of the Government and its supporters to the success of the Government and its supporters in persuading the public that the issues were centrally concerned with "principles" of freedom of association, liberty, and the right to be free. It compares the elaboration of these intuited values with the difficulties faced (mainly by unionists and the opposition Labour Party) in making their more complicated, consequentialist, arguments. The debate is then analysed as illustrating the strengths and weaknesses of deontological and teleological arguments in general. (Internat. Polit. Science Assoc.)

Oral history interview with Mrs. Geneva Sharp, and her son, Cleophus Sharp, regarding their experience living in the Pleasantville neighborhood of Houston, Texas.The interview took place in the home of Mrs. Sharp. Pleasantville was developed as an African American planned community, and became known for its strong civic participation and political activism. The interview was conducted by Dr. Zoe Wool, of Rice University, as part of research related to toxic environmental events in the area, the impact on the community, and the community's actions.

"Denesuline hunters range from deep in the boreal forest far into the tundra of northern Canada. Henry S. Sharp, a social anthropologist and ethnographer, spent several decades participating in fieldwork and observing hunts by this extended kin group. His daughter, Karyn Sharp, who is an archaeologist specializing in First Nations Studies and is Denesuline, also observed countless hunts. Over the years the father and daughter realized that not only their personal backgrounds but also their disciplinary specializations significantly affected how each perceived and understood their experiences with the Denesuline. In Hunting Caribou, Henry and Karyn Sharp attempt to understand and interpret their decades-long observations of Denesuline hunts through the multiple disciplinary lenses of anthropology, archaeology, and ethnology. Although questions and methodologies differ between disciplines, the Sharps' ethnography, by connecting these components, provides unique insights into the ecology and motivations of hunting societies. Themes of gender, women's labor, insects, wolf and caribou behavior, scale, mobility and transportation, and land use are linked through the authors' personal voice and experiences. This participant ethnography makes an important contribution to multiple fields in academe while simultaneously revealing broad implications for research, public policy, and First Nations politics"--

A Cultural History of Peace presents an authoritative survey from ancient times to the present. The set of six volumes covers over 2500 years of history, charting the evolving nature and role of peace throughout history. This volume, A Cultural History of Peace in the Age of Empire, explores peace in the period from 1800 to 1920. As with all the volumes in the illustrated Cultural History of Peace set, this volume presents essays on the meaning of peace, peace movements, maintaining peace, peace in relation to gender, religion and war and representations of peace.

Intro -- Half-Title Page -- Series -- Title Page -- Contents -- List of Illustrations -- General Editor's Preface -- Introduction: Toward a Culture of Peace -- 1 Definitions of Peace -- 2 Human Nature, Peace, and War: Jane Addams and Evolutionary Psychology -- 3 Peace, War, and Gender: The Evolution of Women's Voices -- 4 Peace, Pacifism, and Religion -- 5 Representations of Peace: Bertha von Suttner, Activist and Visionary on Dreams, Peace, and Justice -- 6 Peace Movements -- 7 Peace, Security, and Deterrence: "The greatest work of civilization": The Hague Conferences of 1899, 1907, and 1915 -- 8 Peace as Integration: Tolstoy on Peace and the End of History -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Contributors -- Index -- Copyright.

Action research is a way of bringing rigor and relevance to research in inter alia knowledge management (KM), learning, and business and management studies. Valuable outputs can be realized using practical solutions and theoretical innovations. However, this approach also entails significant challenges that need to be articulated and reflected on to share learning for the benefit of researchers, students, and practitioners in KM and other fields where action research may be a suitable approach. The aim of the case is to reflect on an action research project that was implemented at doctoral level in a major U.K. Fast Moving Consumer Goods Company (FMCG) so that researchers can learn about action research applied in a KM domain. The case explains measures that were taken prior to implementation to ensure that the approach was rigorous. It then provides an in-depth reflection and analysis of issues that arose during the implementation of the action research. This reflection draws on accounts written during the action research. The issues that are reflected on resonate with those raised by researchers using action research in similar domains and other fields. These issues include inter alia the rigor and relevance of the research, research ethics, conflicts of interest, unexpected reactions from participants, and incoherent communication from different stakeholders in the research. The case concludes that this is a suitable approach to use in complex projects like KM projects as long as lessons learnt from previous action research projects are applied.

"This book provides an introduction to the theory and practice of diplomacy and its vital role in an era of increasing international uncertainty. The work employs a distinctive 'diplomatic perspective' on international relations and argues that the experience of conducting diplomacy gives rise to a set of priorities: first, the peaceful resolution of disputes; second, the avoidance of unwanted conflict; and, third, the minimization of the intensity of violent conflict where it has become unavoidable. It argues that changes in the international system require a shift in priorities from the diplomacy of problem-solving by building institutionalized cooperation, to the diplomacy of managing relationships between people. Divided into three sections, the first examines what is meant when we talk about diplomacy, why we need diplomats, and the operations of the modern diplomatic system of states. The second discusses the 'three bads,' about which people generally worry: bad leaders, bad media, and bad followers. The idea of 'bad' is considered in terms of the moral character, professional competence, and the consequences of what people do for us. The final section discusses diplomacy and bad diplomats, reviewing what people can do to help themselves and the professionals be good diplomats. This book is intended as a primary text for courses in international diplomacy and as a supplementary text for courses on contemporary issues in international relations"--

Intro -- Halftitle Page -- Title Page -- Copyright -- Table of Contents -- List of Figures -- List of Tables -- Acknowledgment -- 1 Introduction:Why study international relations and other basic questions -- 2 International theory, Realism, and power politics -- 3 Liberalism and building world orders -- 4 Post-positivist theories of international relations -- 5 Foreign policy -- 6 International conflict and competition -- 7 Military power and war -- 8 International law, international organization, and human rights -- 9 International trade and international production -- 10 International and global finance -- 11 International and regional integration and disintegration -- 12 Natural resources, population, and the environment -- 13 North-South gaps and old-new gaps -- 14 Economic, human, and political development -- 15 Conclusions -- Index