Transforming Power Relationships: Leadership, Risk, and Hope. IHS Political Science Series No. 135, May 2013

Chronic communal conflicts resemble the prisoner’s dilemma. Both communities prefer peace to war. But neither trusts the other, viewing the other’s gain as its own loss, so potentially shared interests often go unrealized. Achieving positive-sum outcomes from apparently zero-sum struggles requires a kind of riskembracing leadership. To succeed leaders must: a) see power relations as potentially positive-sum; b) strengthen negotiating adversaries instead of weakening them; and c) demonstrate hope for a positive future and take great personal risks to achieve it. Such leadership is exemplified by Nelson Mandela and F.W. de Klerk in the South African democratic transition. To illuminate the strategic dilemmas Mandela and de Klerk faced, we examine the work of Robert Axelrod, Thomas Schelling, and Josep Colomer, who highlight important dimensions of the problem but underplay the role of risk-embracing leadership. Finally we discuss leadership successes and failures in the Northern Ireland settlement and the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.

The Economic Basis of Attitudes towards the European Community: Familiarity Breeds Content. Institute for Advanced Studies Political Science Series, 12 April 1994

The purpose of this paper is to analyse the economic basis of mass support for, and opposition to the European Community. In other words the main question is: to what extent, and in what ways, is popular support or opposition to the EC dependent upon economic circumstances and considerations? Behind this research question lies the matter of the legitimacy of the EC in the eyes of citizens across Europe. In some respects the results of this study are frustrating and inconclusive. In other respects, however, the results suggest some clear generalizations and conclusions. First, we have found rather little evidence that the EC or European unification are evaluated in primarily economic terms. Secondly, support seems to be associated more strongly with social and attitudinal variables of a non-economic kind. Thirdly, the figures suggest that diffuse and somewhat idealistic reasons for supporting unification and EC membership tend to outweigh more specific reasons. Fourthly, a solid foundation of inertia, custom, and national tradition seem to maintain support and make it grow.

La théorie sociale de la connaissance et la gestion du patrimoine documentaire à l’ère numérique

Les institutions de mémoire et de savoir (par exemple, les bibliothèques, les archives, les musées) font face à des défis importants dans leurs responsabilités d’assurer la pérennité du patrimoine documentaire à l’ère numérique. Citons la surabondance de l’information numérique, la possibilité de production, théoriquement illimitée, offerte aux individus comme aux groupes sociaux, les limites dans les capacités de stockage et de diffusion de l’information numérique qui sont à la disposition des institutions mandataires du patrimoine documentaire. De plus, il est apparu que les approches et les méthodes utilisées pour identifier, gérer, préserver et diffuser le patrimoine documentaire de la société canadienne dans un environnement analogique n’étaient transférables à un environnement numérique. Nous suggérons que la théorie sociale de la connaissance peut servir de base à une réflexion portant sur le développement d’une politique publique qui viserait à encadrer l’identification, la sélection, la gestion et la préservation du patrimoine documentaire d’une société à l'ère numérique. Nous définissons la problématique puis proposons des réponses à travers trois articles scientifiques. Les résultats indiquent que les connaissances et les pratiques professionnelles utilisées demeurent persistantes et limitent la formulation et l'application de nouveaux cadres théoriques, de politiques administratives et de techniques associés à l'identification et la sélection du patrimoine documentaire. Cette recherche propose un cadre conceptuel qui permet de développer des politiques publiques sur le patrimoine documentaire du Canada.

Education in political science : an address ...delivered in the Academy of Music, Baltimore, on the third anniversary of the Johns Hopkins University, February 22, 1879 /

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The Annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Science.

Editors: 1890-95, E. J. James; 1896-1900, R. P. Falkner; Jan. 1901-Mar. 1902, H. R. Seager; May 1902-Sept. 1914, E. R. Johnson; Nov. 1914-July 1929, C. L/ King; Sept. 1929- T. Sellin.

Motor vehicle safety defect recall campaigns from January 1, 1971 to December 31, 1971; reported to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration by domestic and foreign vehicle manufacturers.

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Motor vehicle safety defect recall campaigns reported to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration by domestic and foreign vehicle manufacturers, January 1, 1972 to December 31, 1972.

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Motor vehicle safety defect recall campaigns reported to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration by domestic and foreign vehicle manufacturers. January 1, 1973 to December 31, 1973.

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Motor vehicle safety defect recall campaigns reported to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration by domestic and foreign vehicle manufacturers. January 1, 1974 to December 31, 1974.

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Motor vehicle safety defect recall campaigns reported to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration by domestic and foreign vehicle manufacturers. January 1, 1975 to December 31, 1975.

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Motor vehicle safety defect recall campaigns reported to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration by domestic and foreign vehicle manufacturers. January 1, 1976 to December 31, 1976.

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Safety related recall campaigns for motor vehicles and motor vehicle equipment, including tires, reported to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration by domestic and foreign vehicle manufacturers. January 1, 1979 to December 31, 1979.

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Safety related recall campaigns for motor vehicles and motor vehicle equipment, including tires, reported to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration by domestic and foreign vehicle manufacturers. January 1, 1980 to December 31, 1980.

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Safety related recall campaigns for motor vehicles and motor vehicle equipment, including tires, reported to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration by domestic and foreign vehicle manufacturers. Supplement - recall campaign completion status. January 1, 1980 to December 31, 1980.

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Safety related recall campaigns for motor vehicles and motor vehicle equipment, including tires, reported to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration by domestic and foreign vehicle manufacturers. January 1, 1981 to December 31, 1981.

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