Abstract Supervisors shape the PhD student experience and play a critical role in students’ development. To what extent ways are faculty engaged mentorship? Are mentoring more or differently now than past? This study of political science from departments offering programs English language finds that graduate supervision is changing over time, with mentorship practices becoming both common varie...

In this paper, the author examines the burden of proof in the argumentative confrontations taking part in practices of political accountability. She does so by explaining how politicians maneuver strategically with the burden of proof in an attempt at winning the discussion in which they are involved. After making clear the role of the burden of proof in defining the difference of opinion in ar...

Differentiated integration and disintegration are considered key processes of the European project’s dynamics. Opt-outs pressures typically associated with laggards or proponents ‘less Europe’ who do not wish to integrate further, but prefer maintain status quo take a step back. However, differentiation also serves needs champions ‘more move forward despite lack unanimous support so. Both types...

Music sharing technologies appear to exist tenuously between the possibilities supported by technical innovation (e.g., peer-to-peer discovery protocols) and the constraints of political, legal, and ethical considerations. These political, legal, and ethical considerations – digital rights management laws, in particular – have catalyzed much of the recent changes in music sharing technologies a...

The northeast region of India remains fraught with severe violence, poor growth and acute frustration among its youth. Success of policies to resolve the region’s crisis has proved less than encouraging. What could be the way out of the violence–poor growth trap? This paper argues that a key determinant of the instability in the region is the absence of the effective role of the state: to provi...

This article aims to broaden and deepen debates on the everyday practices of autonomous activists. To do this we present three main research findings from a recent research project that looked in detail at what we called ‘autonomous geographies’. First, in terms of political identity, we highlight how participants in political projects problematise and go beyond the simple idea of the militant ...

Hezbollah, which in Arabic stands for the “Party of God,” has over the last few decades grown into one of the most influential Lebanese political organizations and militias. Hezbollah was conceived in the midst of the violent civil War of Lebanon, and in its early stage it often resorted to terrorist acts. However, over the years it has gradually transformed into a legitimate political current....

The Elusive Basis of Legitimacy in Global Governance: Three Conceptions How to create and maintain legitimacy is arguably the greatest contemporary challenge to global governance and international order. To address this challenge, International Relations scholars, accustomed to a clear distinction between international and domestic legitimacy, have had to borrow extensively from the fields of p...