War-time China

China\u27s soldiers, leaders, farmers, progress, problems, hope. 63 pages with illustrationshttps://digitalrepository.trincoll.edu/moore/1039/thumbnail.jp

Exercising judgments in the world: a consideration of Cicero's theoretical writings on politics and their continuing relevance to International Political Theory

This project seeks to show International Political Theorists that Cicero’s theoretical writings on politics are of continuing relevance to their research. I argue that this field of study would benefit a great deal in holding a conception of politics which is more personal than current frameworks presuppose and that his theoretical writings on politics provide an excellent basis upon which to investigate real-world problems in politics, whether domestic, international, or global. In building a conception of politics which is (partly) personal, the project begins with a review of some literature in International Political Theory and a few neighbouring fields related to exercising judgments in the world, before moving on in the second chapter to address the literature reviewed through Hannah Arendt’s theoretical writings on politics. Arendt’s writings allow for the development of several terms used in the first chapter which are touchstones of the civic republican tradition, such as tradition, authority, and persona, at the same time as preparing the way for a consideration of Cicero’s writings. The third chapter, as well as developing numerous arguments from the first two, provides an account of Cicero’s framework of civic virtues as he articulates them in the De Officiis, and the final chapter carries out the same task in relation to his theoretical framework of res publica as articulated in the De Re Publica

Bentham, convict transportation, and the Great Confinement Thesis

Since the 1970s the literature on the evolution of British criminal justice systems has been dominated by the history of prisons and penitentiaries. The 'great confinement thesis' - a narrative that seeks to explain the history of judicial sanctions as a function of state power - has shaped much of that literature. According to its proponents, where central authority was weak, systems of kin-based restorative justice dominated. As early modern states evolved, monarchs imposed their authority through the use of judicially sanctioned violence. The development of more effective institutions of government was accompanied by a rise in professional police forces and other systems of surveillance. Bentham's proposal for a panopticon is often seen as a pivotal moment in this transformation. In Michel Foucault's words, it formed a blueprint - not just for a new form of prison - 'but also for a hospital, for a school, for a workshop'. It was in short a template 'for all institutions'

Historical Databases Now and in the Future

Kees Mandemakers has enriched historical databases in the Netherlands and internationally through the development of the Historical Sample of the Netherlands, the Intermediate Data Structure, a practical implementation of rule-based record linking (LINKS) and personal encouragement of high quality longitudinal data in a number of countries