http://hdl.handle.net/2328/26002 Fri, 07 Jun 2013 17:07:29 GMT 2013-06-07T17:07:29Z http://hdl.handle.net/2328/26316 Title: Environmental policymaking under Howard: extinguishing the enemy within? Authors: Star, Cassandra Abstract: This paper reflects on the relationship between the government and civil society, specifically environmental non-government organisations (ENGOs), during the Howard era. Three competing explanations were put forward to characterise the relationship during this time. While the Howard era has now come to a close, the lessons to learn and the implications for ENGOs still remain. Key amongst these include the importance of strategic repositioning of campaign strategies, the significance of carefully considering approaches to maintain and strengthen civil society as a whole during periods of hostility, and the crucial task of publicly maintaining and re-establishing the legitimacy of civil society groups and their democratic role while under threat. Thu, 01 Jan 2009 00:00:00 GMT http://hdl.handle.net/2328/26316 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z http://hdl.handle.net/2328/26315 Title: The effect of the financial crisis and global recession on environmental policy and implementation Authors: MacIntosh, Lorraine; Star, Cassandra Abstract: This paper sets out a research agenda that examines the potential impacts on environmental policy and implementation caused by the global financial crisis and the resulting recession. This financial crisis provides a real world opportunity to test several aspects of ecopolitical theory for two reasons: the recession is the most severe since the 1930s depression; and, modern environmentalism has only been a political force since the 1960s. The paper argues that the global financial crisis provides an opportunity to examine the veracity of three schools of thought - post-materialism, consumer pressure versus citizen preferences, and ecological modernisation. Thu, 01 Jan 2009 00:00:00 GMT http://hdl.handle.net/2328/26315 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z http://hdl.handle.net/2328/26314 Title: Bhikhu Parekh's multiculturalist critique of liberalism Authors: Crowder, George Errol Abstract: Bhikhu Parekh argues that we must look beyond liberal democracy to a process of 'intercultural dialogue' in order to accommodate the legitimate claims of multiculturalism. He gives two main reasons: first, liberalism is too 'ethnocentric' to be an adequate framework for multiculturalism, because it necessarily depends on values that are distinctively European or Western; second, liberalism is too 'monistic'. The author aims to show these arguments to be mistaken. Thu, 01 Jan 2009 00:00:00 GMT http://hdl.handle.net/2328/26314 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z http://hdl.handle.net/2328/26301 Title: North Korea's nuclear weapons program : the futility of denuclearisation negotiations Authors: Habib, Benjamin Luke Abstract: North Korea is unlikely to willingly relinquish its nuclear program because of its importance to the political economy of the DPRK state and the perpetuation of the Kim regime. Two observations give rise to this conclusion: First, the development of North Korea’s nuclear program has been a long-term project spanning several decades. At no stage has Pyongyang shown a commitment to its dismantlement. Second, denuclearisation negotiations have followed a cyclical pattern in which the North has provoked crises to make new demands and gain leverage in negotiations. By inference it is clear that the nuclear program has great intrinsic value to Pyongyang. This paper argues that the nuclear program has value as a bargaining chip in international diplomacy to extract economic inputs for its moribund economy, in domestic politics as vehicle for bureaucratic interests, and as a rallying symbol of the country’s hyper-nationalist ideology, as well as its role as a defensive deterrent and important cog in Pyongyang’s offensive asymmetric war strategy. For these reasons, the Kim regime is unlikely to seriously entertain nuclear disarmament. Thu, 01 Jan 2009 00:00:00 GMT http://hdl.handle.net/2328/26301 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z