scholarly journals Globalization, Security, Paradox: Towards a Refugee Biopolitics

Refuge ◽  
2004 ◽  
pp. 49-57 ◽  
Author(s):  
Benjamin Muller
Keyword(s):  
September 11 ◽  
White Paper ◽  
Core Element ◽  
Domestic Security ◽  
Private And Public ◽  
To Come ◽  
Post September 11 ◽  
Immigration And Asylum ◽  
The Uk

How can we think, imagine, and make authoritative claims about contemporary refugee politics? I believe this question must precede investigations into struggles/movements advocating rights and political voice for refugees. It is important to come to terms with the changing terrain of refugee politics, in order to (re)conceptualize it and provide some idea of how/where such struggles might be fought. Focusing on the colliding commitments to globalization and security, particularly since September 11, 2001, I argue that “paradox” is a core element of refugee politics. To some extent, this has been rehearsed elsewhere, and I point to the highlights in the existing literature. I suggest that an approach sensitive to Foucault’s account of governmentality and biopolitics is particularly helpful, stressing the diffuse networks of power in refugee politics among private and public actors, the increasing role of “biotechnology,” and some (re)solution to the globalization – domestic security paradox, leading to what I call the “biopoliticization of refugee politics.” Examined here are the politics of asylum and refugee movements in the UK. In particular, the 2002 government White Paper on immigration and asylum – Secure Borders, Safe Haven – provides an example of the changing terrain of contemporary (post-September 11) refugee (bio)politics.

scholarly journals The Constant Changes in US Strategy in Afghanistan: Achievement or Failure

2017 ◽  
Vol 10 (2) ◽  
pp. 41
Author(s):  
Behnam Sahranavard ◽  
Ali Asghar Kazemi
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Decision Making ◽  
September 11 ◽  
International Terrorism ◽  
Basic Question ◽  
Collection Method ◽  
External Conditions ◽  
Post September 11 ◽  
The Given

The nations take various strategies in exposure to different developments and phenomena and impact on foreign and internal policies of countries in international scene proportional to their internal and external conditions and rivals and at international arena. What US implemented after September 11 Event and targeted accusation finger toward Taliban and Al-Qaeda in Afghanistan is deemed as a type of strategy that has occurred in created nostalgic climate together with hasty decision making and negligence to domestic issues in Afghan Community while their output was to take different and even paradoxical strategies in this crisis-stricken region since 1980s. In this article that has been written in order to analyze US Post September- 11 Strategies in Afghanistan this basic question will be answered that how changes in US macro policies influenced in orientation of diplomacy of this country and why this country has adapted different policies in occupation of Afghanistan. Afterwards, it is deduced according to the given findings from librarian data collection method that the constant changes in US strategy in Afghanistan were due to overlooking of domestic issues and historic, ethnic, cultural, political, and ideological complexities of this country that has resulted in degradation of US position in world scene and its failure in suppression of Taliban.This article has been excerpted from my PhD treatise under title of ‘The role of United States in the regional crisis (e.g. Afghan and Iraqi crises) and the rise of revolutionary and radicalism on the emergence of international terrorism’.

14. Key elements of the patent system

2020 ◽  
pp. 230-245
Author(s):  
Ian J. Lloyd
Keyword(s):  
Patent Protection ◽  
World Trade Organisation ◽  
Patent System ◽  
The European Union ◽  
The United Kingdom ◽  
System P ◽  
To Come ◽  
The Uk ◽  
Near Future

This chapter considers the nature and manner of operation of the patent system. Patents date back to around the 14th century. For the United Kingdom they began as a means to encourage the importation of foreign skills and technology, fell into disrepute as they were used by monarchs to confer monopolies in respect of the sale of well-known objects such as playing cards and eventually from the late seventeenth century settled into their present role of granting temporary monopolies to those who make inventions. The chapter examines the criteria that will be applied in determining whether an invention is eligible for patent protection and the procedures that will required to be followed in order to obtain this. Unlike copyright which applies effectively on a global basis, the patent system has operated on a national basis. A UK patent will be valid and enforceable in the UK but nowhere else. There are international agreements, however, designed to simplify the task of obtaining protection in a range of countries and the operation of these will be considered as well as the treatment of intellectual property within the General Agreement on Trade in Services and the World Trade Organisation. Within the European Union, the possible introduction of a unitary patent has been the subject of discussion for many years and appears likely to come to fruition in the near future although the involvement of the UK post Brexit is uncertain.

REACH - How far will the new chemicals legislation reach to protect human health and the environment from hazardous chemicals? A comparison of the positions of the European Parliament and Council

elni Review ◽  
2005 ◽  
pp. 17-21
Author(s):  
Axel Singhofen
Keyword(s):  
Human Health ◽  
European Parliament ◽  
White Paper ◽  
Hazardous Chemicals ◽  
Lack Of Information ◽  
To Come ◽  
Chemicals Policy ◽  
The Uk ◽  
High Level ◽  
Restrictive Measures

In 2001, the Commission presented the White Paper on a Strategy for a future Chemicals Policy. Council adopted its conclusions on the White Paper in June 2001; the European Parliament adopted a resolution on it in November 2001. Both institutions welcomed the strategy and asked for it to be strengthened in various aspects. In May 2003, the Commission submitted a draft proposal for internet consultation. As a result of strong industry pressure, the proposal was watered down significantly before its formal adoption in October 2003. Council started the legislative work in January 2004. Due to the change in legislature, the European Parliament started the legislative work only at the end of 2004 and voted in November 2005. This allowed the Council under the UK Presidency to come to a political agreement at an extraordinary meeting of the Competitiveness Council in December 2005. The most fundamental deficiency of the former system was the lack of information on chemicals resulting in a lack of restrictive measures. So will REACH provide sufficient data and adequate structures to restrict and/or control chemical substances - so as to achieve a high level of protection of human health and the environment from hazardous chemicals?

scholarly journals The emergence of a Build to Rent model: The role of narratives and discourses

2021 ◽  
pp. 0308518X2096941
Author(s):  
Frances Brill ◽  
Daniel Durrant
Keyword(s):  
Real Estate ◽  
Model Development ◽  
Institutional Context ◽  
Rental Sector ◽  
Housing Crisis ◽  
New Models ◽  
Private And Public ◽  
New Form ◽  
The Uk

This paper analyses ‘Build to Rent’ (BTR), a new form of tenure in London’s housing market. We examine the ways in which private and public sector actors have shaped the context of BTR’s emergence, and developed a model for delivery in London. We argue they relied on and constructed narratives of negativity about the private rental sector, which were juxtaposed with their product to position BTR as a solution to part of London’s housing crisis. Building on this, and leveraging an emerging but supportive institutional context, real estate professionals have adapted a US model to the UK. We argue that both the narrative-generating activities and the model development reveal tensions, which help theorise the ways new models of financing housing emerge.

scholarly journals Bootstrap Causality Tests Of The Relationship Between The Equity Markets Of The US And Other Developed Countries: Pre- And Post-September 11

2011 ◽  
Vol 22 (3) ◽  
Author(s):  
Abdulnasser Hatemi-J ◽  
Eduardo Roca ◽  
Daniel Buncic
Keyword(s):  
Structural Break ◽  
Equity Markets ◽  
Developed Countries ◽  
September 11 ◽  
Bootstrap Approach ◽  
The Us ◽  
Causality Tests ◽  
Post September 11 ◽  
The Uk ◽  
The Relationship

We analyse the causal relationship between the equity markets of the US and those of the UK, Japan, Germany, France, Canada and Australia based on leveraged bootstrap approach developed by Hacker and Hatemi-J (2005). This method overcomes problems of non-normalities and ARCH effects in the data. Using weekly MSCI price indices, we focus our investigation on the period 1998 to 2005 which we divided into two sub-periods to take into account the potential structural break arising from September 11. Our results show that before September 11, there was bi-directional causality between the US and Japan and between the US and Germany. In addition, there was also a uni-directional causality from the US to Canada and from the US to France. After September 11, the only causality was a unidirectional one from the US to Japan and from the UK to the US. Thus, after September 11, the US Granger-caused a fewer number of markets. This could imply that after September 11, the other markets became more efficient in responding to information transmitted from the US market.

The Contribution of National Laboratories to the European Scientific Labour Market

1995 ◽  
Vol 9 (3) ◽  
pp. 176-185 ◽  
Author(s):  
Helen Lawton Smith
Keyword(s):  
Empirical Investigation ◽  
Government Policies ◽  
Public And Private ◽  
The Past ◽  
Resource Needs ◽  
Science Base ◽  
Private And Public ◽  
The Uk ◽  
Political Decisions

This article deals with the ways in which differing government policies in relation to national laboratories affect training, employment and culture within the research establishment and consequently the preparedness of respective countries to deal with future skills needs in private and public sector science. Helen Lawton Smith bases her discussion around a study which tested the hypothesis that political decisions in the UK over the past few years regarding the role of national laboratories have inhibited the country's capacity to meet the labour resource needs of the science base. The study included an empirical investigation of nine national laboratories in Belgium, France and the UK. In light of the findings from this comparative analysis, she suggests that moves towards the commercialization of UK national laboratories have had a number of adverse effects on the potential supply of skills to both public and private sectors.

A Crisis of Compassion

2018 ◽  
pp. 1-18
Author(s):  
Ala Sirriyeh
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
The United States ◽  
Cultural Scripts ◽  
Asylum Policy ◽  
Policy Debates ◽  
Contemporary Politics ◽  
The Media ◽  
Immigration And Asylum ◽  
The Uk

This book examines the role of compassion and its relationship to other emotions in asylum and immigration policy discourses in Australia, the UK and the United States. Focusing on the case of undocumented immigrants and refugees, it analyses the politics of compassion in immigration and asylum policy within the broader landscape of the rise of political cultural scripts such as ‘humanitarian reason’, ‘liberal terror’ and ‘compassionate conservativism’ in contemporary politics. This chapter presents an outline of the book's argument, first by considering the media and public hostility towards certain populations of migrants and refugees and then how compassion works as the workings of compassion as a basic social emotion. It then discusses the policy case studies that illustrate the role of a discourse of compassion within recent immigration and asylum policy debates in Australia, the UK and the United States. It also provides an overview of the chapters that follow.

scholarly journals The science–policy interface: the role of scientific assessments—UK National Ecosystem Assessment

2012 ◽  
Vol 468 (2147) ◽  
pp. 3265-3281 ◽  
Author(s):  
Robert Tony Watson
Keyword(s):  
Science Policy ◽  
White Paper ◽  
Ecosystem Assessment ◽  
Funding Agencies ◽  
Science Policy Interface ◽  
Relevant Stakeholder ◽  
Uk National Ecosystem Assessment ◽  
Synthesis Report ◽  
The Uk

This paper discusses the science–policy interface, emphasizing the role of evidence and scientific assessments. It then presents the key findings from the UK National Ecosystem Assessment (NEA), which provided much of the evidence for the Natural Environment White Paper for England as a case study. It also influenced the development of the biodiversity strategy for England. The NEA demonstrates the importance of a multi-disciplinary team of experts to prepare and peer review assessments and the importance of input from funding agencies and relevant stakeholder groups in co-designing and reviewing. Much of the text and all of the figures in the NEA section are taken from the Synthesis Report of the NEA, which I drafted as co-chair of the NEA. 1

scholarly journals Assessing the role of universities in a place-based Industrial Strategy: Evidence from the UK

2020 ◽  
Vol 35 (4) ◽  
pp. 384-402
Author(s):  
Andrew Johnston ◽  
Peter Wells
Keyword(s):  
Economic Performance ◽  
Research Funding ◽  
Regional Distribution ◽  
White Paper ◽  
Public Research ◽  
Third Stream ◽  
Key Technologies ◽  
The Future ◽  
The Uk

The UK Government’s Industrial Strategy White Paper, published in November 2017, focuses on several key technologies of the future, in order to promote innovation and future economic performance. Universities play a key role in the delivery of the strategy, marking the culmination of nearly two decades of policy reviews that have continually promoted ‘third stream’ activities of commercial engagement with industry. Given the spatial focus of the strategy, this paper seeks to assess the regional distribution of competitive public research funding within the strategy’s priority sectors. The paper contributes to debates on the effectiveness and spatial implications of the Industrial Strategy through arguing that while the funding landscape for research in the priority sectors is spatially uneven across the UK, this could provide an opportunity for a place-based strategy to be implemented which builds on the strengths of each region.

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