Re-Examining the Relationship between the Cross-Strait Interflow and Taiwan’s National Identity Preference

Scott Yi-Chun Lin, Division of Global Affairs, Rutgers University Click Here to Download Article This article tests Gellner’s theory that, once a closed society has been globalized and therefore has initiated contact with the outside world, relationship then becomes the distinction of “you” and “me.” While this perspective is applied to analyze the national...

Renewing for the Age that is Waiting Before Us

It has been nearly a year since the Journal of Global Change and Governance produced a new issue. A bevy of unfortunate events led to this. Domain name hijackings, web server disruptions, and other issues, resulted in a pause in the Journal’s operations. During this time, the JGCG team strategically re-envisioned the structure, design and operating principles of the...

The Conceptualization of Democratic Internationalism as a Norm of Global Governance

Elcin Haskollar Rutgers– the State University of New Jersey Click Here for Full Article This paper examines democracy as an international norm of governance in international political theory and seeks to establish a connection between democratic governance and prevention of conflicts. It is the purpose of this paper to determine how significant the democratic governance as a...

Post Corporatism– What is Really Going On?

Michael J. Reimer, Esq., Division of Global Affairs, Click Here to Download Article In order to understand this most current and heinous meltdown, we need to look briefly at some corporate history. John D. Rockefeller built Standard Oil, a corporation, and created an enormous firm while he, himself, profited greatly. As Standard Oil grew and profited, so did John D. Young....

Causes of Ethnic Conflict: A Conceptual Framework

Bojana Blagojevic, Assistant Professor of Political Science, LaGuardia Community College, City University of New York Click Here to Read Article Abstract The article proposes a multi-dimensional conceptual framework for understanding causes of ethnic conflict, specifically focusing on the case of Bosnia and Herzegovina. I argue that ethnic conflict occurs when a particular...

Advancing the Normative Frame: A Community Approach to Humanitarian Practices of Neutrality

Denis Kennedy Click Here for Full Article This article traces the emergence, deepening, and recent contestation of humanitarian neutrality. It argues that leading studies of norms have yielded an undersocialized conception of non-state actors that has in turn limited understandings of NGO practices. The article extends the bounds of normative theorizing by adopting the idea of...

Ethical Consideration in Child Research in Light of the Convention on the Rights of the Child

Jane Brodin, Stockholm University Vaska Stancheva-Popkostadinov Medical Department, South West University, Blagoevgrad, Bulgaria Click Here to Download Article Abstract The purpose of this article is to discuss the needs and priorities for ethical considerations in research on children. The focus will be on methodological issues in research on a target group that is often...