The Effect of Sex and Education Level on Political Orientation

 The present paper examines the effects of gender and sex on political orientation.  This      topic is important because if a difference is found in gender and political orientation this could be an indication of one genders needs not being met by political parties or the   current government. The data that was used for the present paper was from the 2015 Alberta Survey.  A sample size of 1,200 households was used and they were chosen by a two stage selection process.  Those over 18 of whom lived in a home that could be contacted via phone in Alberta were targeted for this survey.  The findings were different from what was originally hypothesized.  Gender was not found to play a role in political orientation.  This finding differs from previous literature which had reported gender gaps. However education level was found to have an effect on voting behavior.

Efter staten - globale netværk og retspluralisme? - om Gunther Teubners visioner for retten i et verdenssamfund

Artiklen diskuterer med udgangspunkt i den tyske retssociolog Gunther Teubner muligheden af en global ret uden stater. I Teubners Luhmann-inspirerede systemteori betegner retspluralisme den dynamiske interaktion mellem forskellige former for normativ orden inden for samme sociale felt. Teubners optimistiske tese er, at statens betydning som udøver af sanktioner og lovgivningsmagtens betydning som retskilde efter¬hånden vil svinde til fordel for en global ret, der vokser ud af subsystemerne i verdenssamfundets periferi. Thuesen Pedersen sætter spørgsmålstegn ved denne optimisme ved at pege på nødvendigheden af veldefinerede voldsmonopoler og behovet for politiske institutioner på internationalt og globalt niveau, som kan danne modvægt til multinationale selskaber i etableringen af retsforhold, der er et globalt samfund værdigt. På denne baggrund konklud¬erer han, at den traditionelle kongerække af statstænkere fra Bodin, Hobbes og Hegel frem til Habermas ikke har mistet deres relevans, selv om konteksten har ændret sig radikalt