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Rethinking the 1990s: liberal world order-building in the aftermath of the Cold War
No full textIn the decade following the end of the Cold War, Western democracies stood victorious, brimming with optimism and grand designs. Today, the 1990s look less like a great triumph for liberal democracy and Western modernity than a decade in which post-Cold War excitement and anticipation obscured a slowly gathering global storm. At a time of intensifying geopolitical rivalry, economic nationalism, and ideological extremism, Rethinking the 1990s brings together a group of leading political scientists and historians who look back on that era of world-historical change to identify choices and pathways that have brought the world to this unsettled moment. Authors explore whether the United States and other countries could have made different choices in the 1990s to place the world order then envisioned by Western policymakers on a firmer foundation. Written in a highly engaging style, these wide-ranging essays offer new insight into the strategic choices, political trade-offs, and missed opportunities of that historic decade as well as much-needed perspective on the international pressures and domestic cross-pressures fracturing the liberal order today
Advanced introduction to political jurisprudence
No full textIn this Advanced Introduction, Martin Loughlin provides a concise analysis of political jurisprudence, a powerful but relatively neglected school of thought that offers a compelling account of the relationship between law and politics in the modern world. It shows how political jurisprudence continues to yield acute insights into the politico-legal challenges of our times
Universal basic income as a new social contract for the age of AI
No full textAs AI and automation displace jobs, a new social contract is needed to make sure technological progress and human welfare advance together, not at each other’s expense. Universal basic income represents a promising avenue. Gisella Ponce Bertello and Teresa Almeida analyse the history of UBI and write that its successful implementation depends on sustainable funding, investment in education and attention to social and psychological aspects, not only economic and labour market outcomes
US-China tensions could become the biggest trade war in history
No full textThe announced US tariffs and the retaliatory actions taken by China have intensified. If the threats are carried out, they will drive the average implied US tariff to exceed 20 per cent, a level not seen since the 1930s. Jose P Vasquez speculates about the causes and possible ways out of the conflict and sees an important mediation role for Europe in diffusing the tensions
Employee referrals hinder neurodiverse hiring
No full textQualified candidates on the autism spectrum often struggle to find jobs that match their qualifications and skills. Daniela Lup and Esther Canonico write that employee referrals are a powerful recruiting channel for neurodiverse talent. However, left unchecked, they hinder neurodiverse hiring
Under Trump, Americans could turn from civil protest to civic revolution
No full textOver the last 50 years, urban democratic protest has become a powerful revolutionary force, in Europe and beyond. Some of these protests, like those against Soviet rule in Eastern Europe in 1989, led to lasting change. Some, like those of the ‘Arab Spring’, resulted in bitter and violent defeat. And the fate of some, like the current uprisings in Georgia and Turkey, are still to be determined. The US, with its long history of democratic government, has little experience with this sort of revolutionary protest. But, Ben Rogers asks, with an authoritarian president now in charge, and constitutional ‘checks and balances’ looking vulnerable, could that be about to change
Introduction: a jurisprudence of experience
No full textPolitical jurisprudence is a modern school of thought that emerges as classical natural law declines. It arises from the contention that the two most influential, though competing, modern legal theories – those of natural rights and legal positivism – fail to offer robust accounts of how law founds its claim to authority. These underlying themes of political jurisprudence are introduced through an analysis of Max Weber's reflections on the vocations of science and politics
Competitive advantage in the world of wine—an analysis of differentiation strategies developed by sectoral brands in the global market
No full textThis study aims to analyze the differentiation strategies developed by sectoral brands in the global wine industry and how these strategies interrelate. A sectoral brand is defined as having a distinctive brand name accompanied by a visual identity, with or without a slogan. Through an analysis of thirty-three sectoral brands developed by wine-producing countries, seven clusters of differentiation strategies and three clusters of differentiation attributes were identified, using quantitative and qualitative methods. The findings highlight the alignment between the differentiation strategies employed by sectoral brands and the underlying theoretical concepts, as well as overlaps between differentiation strategies and specific attributes. The results identify unrevealed opportunities for wine-producing countries that have not yet developed sectoral brands. This study’s main contribution consists of the application of a cluster analysis approach, which enabled the identification and interpretation of relationships among sectoral wine brands based on their differentiation strategies. Accordingly, the research addresses a notable gap in the existing literature by providing an integrative perspective on how sectoral brands differentiate within the world wine market. The practical implications of this study include offering valuable guidance to countries currently lacking sectoral wine brands and presenting a structured framework to effectively leverage unique national attributes
Linking artificial intelligence job exposure to expectations: understanding AI losers, winners, and their political preferences
No full textThe rapid expansion of Artificial Intelligence (AI) in the workplace has significant political implications. How can we understand perceptions of both personal job risks and opportunities, given each may affect political attitudes differently? We use an original, representative survey from Great Britain to reveal; (i) the degree to which people expect personal AI-based occupational risks versus opportunities, (ii) how much this perceived exposure corresponds to variation in existing expert-derived occupational AI-exposure measures; (iii) the social groups who expect to be AI winners and AI losers; and (iv) how personal AI expectations are associated with demand for different political policies. We find that over 1-in-3 British workers anticipate being an AI winner (10%) or loser (24%) and, while expectations correlate with classifications of occupational exposure, factors like education, gender, age, and employment sector also matter. Politically, both self-anticipated AI winners and losers show similar support for redistribution, but they differ on investment in education and training as well as on immigration. Our findings emphasise the importance of considering subjective winners and losers of AI; these patterns cannot be explained by existing occupational classifications of AI exposure
