The Qualitative Election Study of Britain 2015 Dataset

This dataset is a resource for scholars, researchers and students interested in qualitative electoral research, and the 2015 UK general election. It consists of transcripts, audio recordings, and associated documentation of 23 focus groups conducted across England, Scotland and Wales before and immediately after the 2015 UK General Election. The transcripts include information on each participant, including their 2015 alias, sex, age group, whether they support a particular party, and if so, at what strength, which pre-election group they participated in, whether they participated in a post-election group and the name of it, the name of their constituency and their pre-election 2015 vote preference. The project is funded by a British Academy and Leverhulme Trust small grant and by GESIS – Leibniz Institute for the Social Science

HIV Prevalence and Armed Conflict Dataset v.2

This Excel dataset was constructed by merging the UCDP/PRIO Armed Conflict dataset (v.4-2010) and data from UNAIDS which was prepared for the 2010 Report on the Global AIDS Epidemic, which details HIV prevalence between 1990-2009. Where the HIV prevalence of a country is shaded in yellow, the occurrence of conflict is indicated in the respective year.It is intended to give a straightforward and immediate impression of HIV prevalence rates during/ after conflict, thus providing scope for further research and debate on the relationship between HIV and conflict

HIV Prevalence and Armed Conflict BY INTENSITY Dataset v.2

This Excel dataset complements the 'HIV Prevalence and Armed Conflict Dataset v.2'. In a similar vein, it also merges data on conflict from the UCDP/PRIO Armed Conflict dataset (v.4-2010) and data from UNAIDS which was prepared for the 2010 Report on the Global AIDS Epidemic, which details HIV prevalence between 1990-2009. However it differs from the aforementioned database by additionally indicating the INTENSITY of conflict in a given country. A key to understanding the dataset is supplied in the accompanying notes. This dataset is therefore more comprehensive and complicates the relationship between HIV Prevalence and Conflict. The dataset is intended to broaden and extend current discussions about the relationship between conflict and HIV prevalence, providing scope for further research in the area

Moving beyond the Legacies of the Celtic Tiger

The Celtic Tiger boom, and now its collapse, has been largely analysed through the lens of neo-classical economics and modernisation theory with much attention being paid to economic issues such as the role of foreign direct investment (FDI) and the need for cost competitiveness, or social issues such as the liberalisation of values and practices, upward social mobility, increased living standards and debates about social polarisation. While these lens offer many valuable and valid insights, they tend to neglect the particular and distinctive structural characteristics of the way the Irish economy and Irish society have developed, and the reasons for these. This paper takes a more structuralist approach, identifying the ‘Irish model’ that emerged during the boom years, a particular form of structured power. The paper places this ‘model’ in the wider context of the emergence of financialisation as a driver of a particular kind of global economy. Focusing attention on the role of the financial sector in structuring and driving this so-called ‘new economy’, allows the Irish boom to be more clearly and accurately identified as one example of national development that was profoundly shaped by the flows, the power and the values of financialisation, though with a particular Irish hue reflecting long-standing features of Irish society such as the role of property speculation and so-called ‘developers’. The paper then interrogates the legacies of the boom derived from the multiple restructurings that have transformed Ireland. In the light of these legacies, the paper concludes by offering a reading of possible future scenarios as they can now be identified amid the debates and politics of the post-boom crisis.

モーゲンソーの研究 : 国際政治上における制限について(Ⅱ)

V パワーにおける制限的要因　一 勢力均衡　二 国際道徳　三 国際世論　四 国際法

モーゲンソーの研究 : 国際政治上のパワーについて(Ⅰ)

はじめに　Ⅰ 国際政治理論　一 リアリストの国際政治理論　二 国際政治理論　Ⅱ 国際政治におけるパワーの概念　Ⅲ　ナショナル・パワー　一 国力の本質 二 国力の要素と評価 Ⅳ パワー獲得の闘争形態　一 現状維持政策 二 帝国主義政策　三 威信政策　本

The malaise of Malta : social divisions, weak institutions, and political partisanship

“There are crooks everywhere you look now. The situation is desperate.” These words were published on the popular blog of the investigative journalist Daphne Caruana Galizia on the 16 October 2017 at 2.35 pm. Ten minutes later, and less than a hundred meters from her house in the rural hamlet of Bidnija, her car was up in flames. Mrs Caruana Galizia had just left her home to run an errand. Daphne Caruana Galizia was a much-debated figure in Malta. Highly polarising and hugely controversial she was critical of the actions of various government and opposition officials. She used her blog, in addition to a bi-weekly column in The Malta Independent, to highlight corruption allegations against various politicians, judges, people in business and political apparatchiks. Caruana Galizia was highly critical of the way the country was being government as well as the weakening of the rule of law.peer-reviewe

Can the domestic politics of small island states lead to international in/stability? A case study of Malta

Small islands states have an ambiguous role in the international arena; their political role has evolved from their pre-statehood days as naval outposts and “unsinkable aircraft carriers” to their post-independence role as sovereign states in the international arena. Nominally, each state enjoys sovereign equality both in regional and international institutions. In practice, however, their role has been more contentious and less clear cut. Recent literature makes reference to the “negative strategic value” that such states possess, thus turning these apparently-innocuous polities into potential sources of stability or instability. This paper seeks to outline the role of small island states in international relations. It analyses whether such states can be a source of stability or instability in a regional and international context. Malta is taken as its case study. Malta is both a border-state and the smallest EU member state. Questions over measures adopted by the Government of Malta, such as the Individual Investment Programme (IIP) scheme, and antimoney laundering legislation have intensified during the 2014 – 2019 period. On the reverse side, as an EU member state with a positive economic record, it has sometimes been hailed as an example of stability and a reliable partner in a troubled region. In addition, it managed to host the Presidency of the Council of the European Union at a time when Europe was experiencing a large wave of migration from Syria and Libya while attempting to deal with the the aftermath of the Brexit referendum. This case study argues that the role of small island states, though marginal, can become more critical as a result of political developments. Such developments can contribute both to stability and instability.peer-reviewe